Warsaw is set to become a showcase for world-renowned architects

Warsaw - The Polish capital, which was nearly flattened during World War II, has ambitions to become a showcase for world-renowned architects. Skyscrapers are set to be built in its center according to designs by famous architects such as Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid. Norman Foster has already implemented his project in Warsaw. The dream of the rulers of this nearly two-million-strong city is for a small Polish Manhattan to stand here in a few years.
    Until now, the symbol of Warsaw has been the Palace of Culture and Science, built in the style of socialist realism. However, the building, which is 230 meters tall including its tower, will soon be overshadowed by others. Developers and architects are flocking to the city, tasked with designing the most interesting buildings reaching up to the sky.
    "Warsaw is already like a magnet that attracts architectural stars from around the world. Many of my designer friends want to showcase their work here," said Libeskind, who was a guest at the Warsaw Book Fair last week. "They are convinced that Warsaw is the center of Central and not Eastern Europe and that work needs to be done here. Especially now, when the city is experiencing the most dynamic development in its post-war history," he added.
    According to the design by a native of the Polish city of Łódź, a residential glass tower about 192 meters high will be built in the center of Warsaw, symbolizing an eagle. This skyscraper will be the second tallest residential building in the world after the Triumph Palace in Moscow. Among other designs by Libeskind, the Jewish Museum in Berlin was constructed, and he is also the author behind the redevelopment of Ground Zero, where New York's World Trade Center (WTC) stood before the terrorist attacks in September 2001.
    The first lady of world architecture, Zaha Hadid, has now come to Warsaw, having already received the prestigious Pritzker Prize. She designed a tower for Warsaw that will have offices and apartments. The construction looks like a dirigible stuck vertically into the ground.
    Another famous architect, Jean Nouvel, also showed interest in showcasing his work in the Polish capital, and proposals from others are heading to the desk of the Warsaw city hall.
    The city's mayor, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, believes that architects who have designed the skyscrapers for Warsaw will become a kind of ambassadors of good Warsaw urbanism. "I am glad that Warsaw attracts famous names in architecture and I look forward to more," she said. According to her, the skyscrapers could become the business cards of Warsaw in Europe.
    Experts claim that there is enough space for more skyscrapers in the capital. The demand for luxury apartments high above the ground is growing in the market.
    Moreover, all Poles, according to Polish journalist and architecture expert Tomasz Malkowski, long for originality. "Our thirty-eight million strong society is probably tired of its mediocrity, our sleepy flat landscape. We are neither poor nor do we feel rich. We are not cut off from the sea like the Czechs, but we do not have as much as the French. We have mountains, but they are a far cry from the Himalayas. That is why we want to be recognized on the map of the world, not as a potato powerhouse, but as a creative workshop of architects," Malkowski wrote in a commentary on the current trends in architecture in Warsaw.