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This list of tallest buildings in Pretoria ranks completed buildings by height in Pretoria, Gauteng, one of the three capital cities of South Africa. [1] Pretoria's tallest building is the South African Reserve Bank Building built in 1988.
Church Square (Afrikaans: Kerkplein), originally Market Square (Dutch: Marktplein), [1] is the square at the historic centre of the city of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The founder of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius, determined that the square be used as a market place and church yard. It was subsequently named for the church buildings that ...
University of Pretoria buildings (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Pretoria" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
Built in 1886 by the prosperous Pretoria businessman George Jesse Heys, it was named after the famous Melrose Abbey in Scotland. Melrose House gained fame during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) when Lord Roberts requisitioned it as the headquarters for the British forces after Pretoria was invaded in June 1900. For more than 18 months ...
Kruger House is the historical Pretoria residence of the Boer leader and President of the South African Republic, Paul Kruger. It was built in 1884 by architect Tom Claridge and builder Charles Clark. Milk was used, instead of water, for mixing the cement from which the house was constructed, as the cement available was of poor quality.
Bank of England; India House; Glyn, Mills & Co.; South Africa House; Monteviot House; [1] [2] Union Buildings, Pretoria; St John's College, Johannesburg; State House, Nairobi Sir Herbert Baker (9 June 1862 – 4 February 1946) was an English architect remembered as the dominant force in South African architecture for two decades, and a major ...
The Union Buildings (Afrikaans: Uniegebou) form the official seat of the South African Government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa. The imposing buildings are located in Pretoria, atop Meintjeskop at the northern end of Arcadia, close to historic Church Square. The large gardens of the Buildings are nestled between ...
Marble Towers was the first building in South Africa to surpass the ancient and early mediaeval height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt (146.6 m (481 ft)). Pearl Dawn: 152 m (499 ft) 31: 2010: Umhlanga [1] Tallest building in Greater Durban: South African Reserve Bank Building: 148 m (486 ft) 38: 1988: Pretoria [2] Tallest building in ...