Focus (Warsaw)

The building was designed by architect Stefan Kuryłowicz, and built between 1998 and 2001.^[1][2]

The Focus is an office building, located at 26 People's Army Avenue. The building has a shape of a rectangular cuboid with the base of 67 m × 65.2 m, and a height of 49.4 m. It has 12 storeys and a total height of 49.9 m, and the total floor area of 54,289 m². Additionally it has 3 underground storeys containing car parks.^[2]

Each wall of the building was designed in a different architectural style, and inside, the building has 4 different self-sufficient sections.^[2][3]

The front wall includes a 4-storey-tall indoor garden, with a view on the Mokotów Field. The front wall is covered in two layers of a curtain wall, which provides thermal and sound isolation.^[2]

In the building also includes an atrium, which with its asymmetrical composition, contrasts with the building's front façade. It is covered in a glass roof, and connected with an indoor garden.^[2]

Since 2016, on the building's roof is placed an apiary.^[4]

The building houses the embassies of Iceland, and Norway, and the headquarters of Deutsche Bank Polska.^[5][6][7]