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8 Korfantego Street in Katowice

8 Korfantego Street in Katowice, Modernist skyscraper in Katowice, Poland.

Ślizgowiec is a residential skyscraper at 8 Korfantego Street in Katowice, a slender rectangular block measuring 19.90 × 31.50 × 56.93 m. Its elevations are grooved in bands and framed by loggias. The lower two floors use a reinforced-concrete frame, while the upper floors were built in monolithic concrete using sliding-form technology. It has 20 storeys: one technical, two service and 17 residential.

Architect Stanisław Kwaśniewicz completed this skyscraper in 1968 during a period of rapid urban development in Silesia. The building emerged when Katowice was fundamentally modernizing its appearance.

The building carries the local nickname Ślizgowiec and represents Katowice's transformation from an industrial city to a modern urban center. This change shaped how the city and its people saw themselves.

The tower stands at aleja Wojciecha Korfantego 8 in the Śródmieście district, within the Śródmieście-Zachód complex. Its ground and first floors hold service units, while the 17 upper floors are private flats, so visitors can only enter the commercial levels. The building is served by lifts from the Viennese firm Freissler.

The nickname Ślizgowiec comes from the slipform (ślizg) method used to build it, not from its shape. It was the tallest slipform high-rise in Upper Silesia, and the technology was developed by engineer Stefan Prauza. Its facades were originally clad in 2 million small white and red ceramic tiles.

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