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Financial district of Cape Town as seen from the summit of Signal Hill. This list of tallest buildings in Cape Town ranks completed buildings by height in the South African city of Cape Town, Western Cape, the second-largest city in South Africa. [1] Cape Town's tallest building is the Portside Tower, which stands at 139 m (456 ft); the tower ...
Portside is a 139-metre-tall (456 ft) building in Cape Town, South Africa. Completed in 2014, it is the city's tallest building [ 3 ] and, at the time of completion, was Cape Town's first significant skyscraper developed in the central business district (CBD) in 15 years.
The building is the former head office of Trust Bank of South Africa, and as such has one of the largest bank vaults in South Africa. The building was sold in February 2003 for Rand 6.4 million (USD $640.000), which may prompt the name to be changed to that of the new tenant.
Lagos, Nigeria Nairobi, Kenya Cairo, Egypt Cape Town, South Africa Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This article ranks the tallest skyscrapers on the African continent by height. Initially, only a small number of major financial and commercial centres boasted large skylines, such as Cairo, Johannesburg, New Alamein, Lagos and Nairobi.
The building is 117 metres (384 ft) tall. It consists of a four-storey podium and a 29-storey tower block characterised by a concrete central core. [ 4 ] Its continuous glass curtain wall façades were the first of their kind in Cape Town.
Unlike many commonly used building materials, it is nontoxic and resists mold, fire, and pests. While it's used in Europe, commercial hemp was banned in the U.S. until the 2018 Farm Bill.
Zero-2-One Tower will be a 148-metre-tall (486 ft) residential building in Cape Town, South Africa. It is currently in the planning stages of development by FWJK and upon completion will have 624 apartments, 760 parking bays and 6,000 m 2 of retail space. Once completed it will be the tallest building in Cape Town. [2] [3]
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