Novotel Warszawa Centrum

Coordinates: 52°13′46″N 21°00′49″E / 52.2294°N 21.0136°E

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Novotel Warszawa Centrum


Former names	Hotel Forum
General information
Location	Warsaw, Poland
Address	ul. Marszałkowska 94/98
Construction started	1972
Completed	1974
Height	111m
Technical details
Floor count	33

Novotel Warszawa Centrum is a 33-story, 111-meter skyscraper hotel in Warsaw, Poland.

History

The Hotel Orbis Forum was built from 1972 to 1974, during Poland's communist era, by the state-owned travel monopoly Orbis. The hotel was designed to accommodate foreign visitors, and was managed by the budget Forum Hotels division of Pan Am's InterContinental Hotels chain. The hotel was designed by Swedish architect Sten Samuelson and erected by Swedish construction company Skånska Cementgjuteriet. It was the second tallest building in Poland after the Stalinist Palace of Culture and Science. The hotel opened on January 25, 1974.^[1] The building's flat, rectangular shape, with rows of small windows and a brown facade, earned it the nickname giant chocolate bar.^[2]

In 2000, the French Accor group bought a 20% stake in Orbis.^[3] The hotel was transferred to Accor's Novotel division in 2002 and renamed Novotel Warszawa Centrum.^[4] Between 2004 and 2005, the building underwent extensive modernization, with its brown facade repainted gray.^[5]

References

^ "Stolica: warszawski tygodnik ilustrowany, 1974, nr 6 (10 II)".
^ "Hotel Forum. Ogromna tabliczka czekolady w centrum Warszawy". Polskie Radio.
^ "Accor expands in Poland". 28 July 2000.
^ "Novotel Warszawa Centrum". urbanity.pl.
^ "Forum zrywwa z azbestem". Życie Warszawy.

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List of tallest buildings in Warsaw
Completed	Varso Tower (310 m) Palace of Culture and Science (237 m) Warsaw Spire (220 m) Warsaw Unit (202 m) Skyliner (195 m) Złota 44 (192 m) Warsaw Trade Tower (187 m) InterContinental Warsaw (164 m) Cosmopolitan Twarda 2/4 (160 m) Rondo 1 (159.2 m) Q22 (159 m) Skysawa (155 m) Warsaw Financial Center (143 m) Mennica Legacy Tower (140 m) Centrum LIM (140 m) Generation Park (140 m) Chałubińskiego 8 (139 m) The Warsaw Hub 1 (130 m) The Warsaw Hub 2 (130 m) Spektrum (128 m) Łucka City (120 m) Forest (120 m) Atlas Tower (116 m) Central Tower (115 m) Novotel Warszawa Centrum (111 m) Intraco I (107 m) Złote Tarasy (105 m) PZU Tower (104 m) Ilmet (103 m) Błękitny Wieżowiec (100 m)
Under construction	The Bridge (174 m) Skyreach (170 m) Upper One (131.5 m) Skyliner II (130 m) Towarowa Tower A (105 m) Towarowa Tower B (105 m) Studio A (102 m)

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