K1 (building)

K1
K1
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Location	Kraków, Poland
Construction started	1972
Completed	1998
Height
Architectural	105 m (344 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	20
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Janusz Ingarden (original); Krzysztof Kiedra (modified)

K1 (before Cracovia Business Center), also Błękitek, is a commercial building in Kraków, Poland,[1] at Pokój Street 1, near the Grzegórzeckie Roundabout. It is a 20-story building, housing offices for Bank Pekao and other brands. It is 105 metres high, which makes it the tallest building in Kraków.

Construction of the tower began in 1972, according to Janusz Ingarden's project. The building was originally intended to house the offices and printing presses of the "Prasa" Workers' Publishing Cooperative (Robotniczej Spółdzielni Wydawniczej „Prasa”; RSW „Prasa”), but construction halted in 1975 once it was realised that the then-very innovative design of the building was not able to withstand the weight of printing presses for newspaper production. In the mid-1990s, a Swedish company called Swede Center Ltd. purchased the unfinished building and originally intended to demolish and rebuild it, but then decided it was more profitable to reconstruct the existing building and adapt it to more modern standards. The building was reconstructed between 1996 and 1998 based on the designs of architect Krzysztof Kiendra.

50°03′26.30″N 19°57′39.20″E

References

North, Nathan (April 11, 2014). "Błękitek tower becomes K1 as renovations begin". EurobuildCEE. Archived from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022.

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[1] North, Nathan (April 11, 2014). "Błękitek tower becomes K1 as renovations begin". EurobuildCEE. Archived from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022.