The group standing near the bridge had radio contact with the pilot of the plane. Over the axis of the future skyscraper flew a small plane pulling a balloon behind it. To decide on the height of the building, Soviet and Polish architects gathered in the area of the Śląsko-Dąbrowski Bridge on the east bank of the Vistula river. It was erected with great propagandist fanfare and named after Joseph Stalin upon its completion in 1955. The tower was an imposed and unwanted "gift" to the people of Poland. History Construction Īn agreement on the construction of the building was signed between the governments of the Polish People's Republic and the Soviet Union on 5 April 1952. Other nicknames include the "Syringe" ( strzykawka), the "Elephant in Lacy Underwear" ( słoń w koronowych gatkach), the "Russian Wedding Cake" ( ruski tort) and "Stalin's rocket" ( rakieta Stalina). Stalin's name was removed from the colonnade, interior lobby and one of the building's sculptures.Ī number of nicknames have been used to refer to the palace, notably Pekin (" Beijing", because of its abbreviated name PKiN), Pajac ("clown", a word that sounds close to Pałac) and the "Mad Confectioner's Dream" ( sen szalonego cukiernika). The building was originally known as the Joseph Stalin's Palace of Culture and Science ( Pałac Kultury i Nauki imienia Józefa Stalina), but in the wake of destalinization the dedication to Stalin was revoked. The Palace was also the tallest clock tower in the world until the installation of a clock mechanism on the NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building in Tokyo, Japan. Motivated by Polish historical architecture and American art deco high-rise buildings, the PKiN was designed by Soviet-Russian architect Lev Rudnev in " Seven Sisters" style and is informally referred to as the Eighth Sister. Since 2007, it has been enlisted in the Registry of Objects of Cultural Heritage. Constructed in 1955, the building houses various public and cultural institutions such as cinemas, theatres, libraries, sports clubs, university faculties, and authorities of the Polish Academy of Sciences. With a total height of 237 metres (778 ft), it is the second tallest building in both Warsaw and Poland (after the Varso Tower), the sixth tallest building in the European Union and one of the tallest in Europe. The Palace of Culture and Science ( Polish: Pałac Kultury i Nauki abbreviated PKiN) is a notable high-rise building in central Warsaw, Poland.
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