Warsaw Looking Up

This past Wednesday in the Polish capital of Warsaw Zaha Hadid displayed her design, below, for a 790-foot residential skyscraper to be built in the heart of the city. Called Lilium Tower, the sleek, glass-covered building, with floor space of 1.1 million square feet has a fleur-de-lis motif and is to house apartments, a condominium hotel and commercial and recreational facilities on a site facing the city's Palace of Culture. Completion is expected in 2012.

Last week, construction began on a futuristic residential skyscraper designed by Daniel Libeskind, and Norman Foster has designed a commercial center adjacent to the National Opera.