Babka Tower

Babka Tower is a residential and office skyscraper in the city of Warsaw, Poland. It is located at 80 Jana Pawła II Avenue, in the neighbourhood of Muranów, within the Downtown district. It was completed in 2001, and with its total architectural height being, it became the first residential building in Poland whose height was over 100 m.

Name

The building was named after the nearby Radosław Roundabout, which, until 2001, was known as Babka Roundabout. Word babka translate from the word sandcastle, and came from the fact that in the 1950s during road construction, there was a large pile of sand located in the place of the current roundabout.

History

Babka Tower was built between 1998 and 2001. Its investor was Echo Investment, and it was designed by the architecture firm of JEMS Architekci. Upon its completion, with its total architectural height being, it became the first residential building in Poland whose height was over 100 m. It was also the tallest residential building in Poland until 2004, when Łucka City was constructed.

Design and characteristics

Babka Tower is located at 80 Jana Pawła II Avenue. It has 28 storeys, with a total height of and the height to its roof. It has a total area of. The building is divided into two parts, the lower wider 10-storye segment, and central taller 28-storey tower. The building mostly consists of luxurious residential apartments, of which it has 299. It the lower segments are also present office and service spaces. The tenth storey has the indoor swimming pool accessible for the inhabitants. The building also has 4 storeys of the undergrounds car park, which has 675 parking spaces.
The apartment D13 houses the monastery of the Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception.
The Babka Tower is also home to some of the facilities of the VIZJA University.