Ranking of Warsaw Skyscrapers

There are many definitions of a skyscraper so it is hard to tell exactly from what height we can call a building a skyscraper. Often heights of 150, 100, 80 or 65 metres are assumed as that limits.

Another question is how we measure a building's height. We can talk about its height to the roof, to the top of the last architectural element or the total height, so together with all masts, antennas etc. On this site, I decided to use this last method, because it is the most unambiguous. The are some buildings in Warsaw with antennas on the roof that are clearly an extra element (Marriott Hotel, Intraco I), but with some others it goes a bit more complicated. For example, it is actually hard to tell in which point the roof of Palace of Culture ends and the spire begins (however, usually it is assumed that at the height of 188 metres). Or on some other buildings (like Warsaw Trade Tower or Warsaw Financial Center), a spire seems to be an integral architectural element.

If we take 150 metres as this boundary height, only 7 buildings fulfil the definition of a skyscraper (or even only 4, if we count the height to the roof). But with the limit of 100 metres this number grows up to 18, with 80 metres - to 27 and with 65 metres to more than 30. And there are also 4 more skyscrapers that are now under construction.

There are also two historical buildings in Warsaw: Warszawa Hotel (Prudential) and PASTa that can for sure be regarded as skyscrapers, although they are much lower.

Underneath, a list of all more than 80-metre-high buildings in Warsaw.

Existing skyscrapers:

No.	Building's name	Total height	Year of construction
1	Palace of Culture and Science	231 m	1955
2	Warsaw Trade Tower	208 m	1999
3	Rondo 1	192 m	2006
4	Orco Tower (under construction)	192 m	2010
5	Marriott Hotel	170 m	1989
6	Warsaw Financial Center	165 m	1998
7	Intercontinental Hotel	164 m	2003
8	Intraco II	150 m	1979
9	Intraco I	138 m	1975
10	TPSA Tower	128 m	2001
11	Blue Tower	120 m	1991
12	Millenium Plaza (Reform Plaza)	116 m	1999
13	FIM Tower	115 m	1996
14	Lucka City	112 m	2004
15	Novotel Warszawa Centrum (Forum)	111 m	1973
16/17	Babka Tower	105 m	2002
16/17	Skylight (Golden Terraces)	105 m	2007
18	Ilmet	103 m	1996
19	North Gate / Belvedere Center (under construction)	102 m	2008
20	PZU Tower	97 m	2000
21/22	Westin Hotel	94 m	2003
21/22	Hilton Hotel	94 m	2007
23	Centrum Zelazna / JM Tower (under construction)	92 m	2009
24	Euro Centrum	88 m	2002
25	The Eastern Wall - middle skyscraper	87 m	1969
26/27	The Eastern Wall - northern skyscraper	85 m	1969
26/27	Pekao S.A. Bank	85 m	1994
28	Warta Tower	82 m	2000
29	The Eastern Wall - southern skyscraper	81 m	1969
30	Platinum Towers 1, 2 (under construction)	80 m	2009

Planned skyscrapers:

No.	Building's name	Total height	Planned year of complition
1	Orbis / Orco	350 m	no data
2	Chmielna Development	282 m	2011
3	Lilium Tower	257 m	2012
4	Warsaw Spire	220 m	2011
5	Jewish Community's Skyscraper	207 m	no data
6	Mint's Skyscraper	202 m	no data
7	Prosta Office Center	180 m	no data
8	Kaleidoscope	176 m	no data
9	Platinum Tower 3	167 m	no data
10	Hines Tower	160 m	no data
11	Atrium City / Rondo Wasa	140 m	2011
12	Libretto Park	140 m	no data
13	Dawos / Marinvest / Walicow Tower	130 m	no data
14	Grupo Prasa	125 m	no data
15	IGD Skyscraper	110 m	2010
16	Impexmetal	102 m	no data
17	Pirelli Pekao	90 m	2010

Historical skyscrapers:

No.	Building's name	Total height	Year of construction
1	Warszawa Hotel (Prudential)	66 m	1934
2	PASTa	52 m	1908