Drapacz Chmur
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Drapacz Chmur (English: Skyscraper) is a building in Katowice, Poland. It was the second skyscraper built in post-World War I Poland. Finished in 1934 after five years of construction, it was a pioneering use of steel frame construction. Today, Drapacz Chmur is considered the most spectacular and beautiful example of functionalism in Poland.
The building boasts seventeen-stories, fourteen above the ground, and contained one of the first garbage chutes in Poland. It is 60 m tall and until 1955, it was the highest buidling in the country. It was designed by Stefan Bryła and Mieczysław Kozłowski to house Polish Revenue Office employees. The flats are spacious and luxurious. Gustaw Holoubek and Kazimierz Kutz were among the building's notable residents after World War II.
Drapacz Chmur is located at 15 Żwirki i Wigury Street.
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