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Warsaw Financial Center is a skyscraper in Warsaw with a height of 165 metres (541 ft) topped with an antenna mast which is nearly 21 metres (69 ft).

The name tenant is Bank of Austria Credit Anstalt.

It is recognised^{[by whom?]} as one of the most modern buildings in Warsaw. The building incorporates its own generator that makes electricity for the whole of the building, and its own point of water^{[clarification needed]} for the production of safe drinking water. In the building there are smoke detectors in the basement and five water tanks with a capacity of about 600,000 litres (160,000 US gal).

The building has six floors and parking lots for 337 cars; a bar, a fitness club and a florist. There are floors dedicated to office space that are air-conditioned and equipped with satellite connection and internet. The building incorporates 16 elevators and is fully handicapped-accessible.

The Warsaw Financial Center was designed by the American skyscraper design studio of A. Epstein & Sons International and Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, in cooperation with Polish architects. The main contractor for the tower was the company ROP International AG, who have also built the Warsaw Sheraton and the Stock Exchange building.

Construction lasted from 1997 to 1998.

52°14′00″N 21°00′06″E / 52.2333°N 21.0017°E / 52.2333; 21.0017

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-'''Warsaw Financial Center''' is a skyscraper in [[Warsaw]] with a height of 165 metres topped with an antenna mast which is nearly 21 m.
+'''Warsaw Financial Center''' is a skyscraper in [[Warsaw]] with a height of {{convert|165|m|ft}} topped with an antenna mast which is nearly {{convert|21|m|ft}}.
 The name tenant is Bank of Austria Credit Anstalt.
-It is recognised as one of the most modern buildings in Warsaw, is due, inter alia, set out in the basement of the building installations makes it a safe and functional. In the building there is a power generator that makes electricity for the whole of the building, the building also has its own point of water, so you can drink it straight from the tap. In the building there are [[smoke detector]]s in the basement of the 5 water tanks with a capacity of around 600 000 litres.
+It is recognised{{by whom|date=January 2014}} as one of the most modern buildings in Warsaw. The building incorporates its own generator that makes electricity for the whole of the building, and its own point of water{{clarify me|date=January 2014}} for the production of safe drinking water. In the building there are [[smoke detector]]s in the basement and five [[cistern|water tanks]] with a capacity of about {{convert|600000|l|gal}}.
-The building has six floors are parking lots for 337 cars, on their bar, fitness club and a florist. Further floors are for offices that are air-conditioned and equipped with satellite connection and internet. Navigating the floors provide 16 elevators. WFC also has facilities for disabled people.
+The building has six floors and parking lots for 337 cars; a bar, a fitness club and a florist. There are floors dedicated to office space that are air-conditioned and equipped with satellite connection and internet. The building incorporates 16 elevators and is fully handicapped-accessible.
-American skyscraper was the designer studios A. Epstein & Sons International and Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, which cooperated with the Polish architects. Architects long wondered how to give the appearance of the building, modeling shapes from dough that would make the most fit to this part of town. The main contractor for the tower was the company ROP International AG, which has built in Warsaw and Sheraton, and established a new Stock Exchange.
+The Warsaw Financial Center was designed by the American skyscraper design studio of A. Epstein & Sons International and [[Kohn Pedersen Fox|Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates]], in cooperation with Polish architects.  The main contractor for the tower was the company ROP International AG, who have also built the Warsaw Sheraton and the Stock Exchange building.
-Skyscraper construction lasted from 1997 to 1998. During construction to place the antenna mast was necessary to use Mi-8.
+Construction lasted from 1997 to 1998.
-==Notes==
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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)