Chmielna 89

Chmielna 89
The building in 2025
Interactive map of the Chmielna 89 area
General information
Type	Skyscraper office building
Architectural style	High-tech Postmodernism
Location	Wola, Warsaw, Poland, 89 Chmielna Street
Coordinates	52°13′37″N 20°59′32″E
Construction started	December 2017
Completed	May 2020
Owner	Madison International Realty (65%) Cavatina Holding (35%)
Height
Architectural	79 m (259 ft)
Roof	79 m
Technical details
Floor count	14
Floor area	28,350 m2 (305,200 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Epstein
Developer	Cavatina Holding

Chmielna 89 is a high-tech postmodernist skyscraper office building in Warsaw, Poland, located at 89 Chmielna Street, at the intersection with Miedziana Street, and near Jerusalem Avenue, within the Wola district. It borders the V Tower skyscraper. The 14-storey-building has the height of 79 m (259 ft), with an irregular form of a asymmetrically-dented trapezoidal polyhedron, with each side having a different shape. It was opened in 2020, and is the headquarters of PKO Bank Polski.

History

Chmielna 89 was designed by the Epstein architecture firm, as an investment of the Cavatina Holding. It was constructed between December 2017 and May 2020. The building was originally proposed as a 300-metre-tall skyscraper, that would have been called Kulczyk Tower, and developed by Kulczyk Silverstein Properties. However, the project did not received permission for construction, and was subsequently abandoned. A 79-metre-tall tower was developed instead. In 2019, the project received the International Property Award. In 2020, it received the BREEAM certificate. The same year, 65% of its ownership was sold to United States-based Madison International Realty. It also became headquarters of the PKO Bank Polski.

Architecture

The façade as seen from Chmielna Street

Chmielna 89 is a high-tech postmodernist skyscraper office building, located at 89 Chmielna Street, at the intersection with Miedziana Street, and near Jerusalem Avenue. It borders V Tower skyscraper. The 14-storey-building has an irregular form, with the shape of an asymmetrically dented trapezoidal polyhedron, with each side having a different shape. When viewed from Chmielna Street is it seen as an irregular form with sharp inverted angles, from the Warsaw Ochota railway station, as a right-angled triangle, and from Jerusalem Avenue as a classical cuboid. It has an angeled roof with triangulary-shapaed side walls. The side of Jerusalem Avenue features a uniform glass wall façade, while the remaining sides are covered in glass panels with steel frames. The main entrance at Miedziana Street features an arcade with large oblique pillars. The entrance on Chmielna Street features terraces with a garden. The building has the total height of 79 m (259 ft), and total floor area of 28,350 m² (305,200 sq ft). It has two underground storeys.