Telecommunication Office Building (Warsaw)
The building of the telecommunications office in Warsaw (also Telegraph Tower , Tower of the telegraph or telecommunications building called; in Polish: Wieża TELEGRAFÙ , Gmach Centrum Systemów Telekomunikacyjnych , d. Gmach Poczty głównej or Urząd Telekomunikacyjny i Telegraficzny ) is located in the downtown district between the streets Ulica Nowogrodzka (45 ), Ulica Poznańska (29–33) and Ulica św. Barbary (2).
The extremely functionalist building was built from 1928 to 1934 as the headquarters of the Polish Telecommunications Office ( Główny Urząd Telekomunikacyjny ) based on a design by Julian Puterman-Sadłowski (1892–1953) and W. Radlow. Stefan Bryla was responsible for the statics . The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications ( Ministerstwo Poczt i Telegrafów - MPiT ) had previously announced a competition in which the sculptor Antoni Miszewski (1891–1957), who later worked with Puterman-Sadłowski, was awarded a prize. Before the start of construction, the storage and archive buildings of Bank Polski that had previously been here had to be demolished.
The telecommunications office building was the first in Poland to be constructed as a steel frame structure. It is based on Le Corbusier's remarks on the “five points of modern architecture”; Flat roof terraces as well as social and leisure facilities (including lounges, a casino, a garden with a pergola ) were created that are no longer used today or have been rededicated. The color scheme of the strictly modernist facade was rich in contrast; bright, smooth surfaces were combined with dark red sandstone cladding. The main entrance was placed at Nowogrodzka 45 .
During the Warsaw Uprising , the German occupation units were able to keep the building as an important position against the rebels. On August 18, 1944, 18 Polish postal workers were shot here by a German unit; a memorial stone at the main entrance today commemorates the execution. In 1945 the war-damaged structure was repaired and modernized. An expansion of the complex was carried out from 1959 to 1962 according to plans by Mieczysław Wróbel († 2009) and Mieczysław Pomianowski. The building ensemble is entered in the monument protection register under the number 780-A (45) from July 1, 1965.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Warsaw Monument Protection Register, p. 38 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 606 kB)
literature
- Julius A. Chroscicki and Andrzej Rottermund, Architectural Atlas of Warsaw , 1st edition, Arkady, Warsaw 1978 p. 177
- Jerzy S. Majewski, Warszawa na starych pocztówkach , ISBN 978-83-268-1238-5 , from the series: Biblioteka Gazety Wyborczej , Agora SA, Warsaw 2013, p. 194
Web links
- Description and historical photos at Warszawa1939.pl (in Polish, accessed April 30, 2013)
- Information on the website of the Polish Association of Architects SARP (in Polish, accessed April 30, 2013)
Coordinates: 52 ° 13 ′ 40.7 ″ N , 21 ° 0 ′ 35.8 ″ E