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The Standard Bank Centre (also known as the Hanging Building or the 78 Fox Street) [1] is a skyscraper in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located at the corner of 27 Simmonds Street and 78 Fox Street in the Central Business District of the city. Construction of the building started in 1966 and was completed in 1968. It is 139 m (456 ft) tall. [2]
It was rounded down to 340 ml when South Africa converted to the metric system in 1970. The 340 ml capacity also became the standard volume for beer and soda cans until 2007, when the bottling plants converted to the 330 ml European standard. It has since been replaced by long-necked 330 ml beer bottles.
South Africa: Johannesburg Times Tower [52] 140 m (460 ft) 38: 2000: Kenya: Nairobi Michelangelo Towers [53] 140 m (460 ft) 34: 2005: South Africa: Johannesburg Trust Bank Building [54] 140 m (460 ft) 31: 1970: South Africa: Johannesburg ABSA Building [55] 140 m (460 ft) 31: 1970: South Africa: Johannesburg Maroc Telecom HQ: 139 m (456 ft) 20 ...
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. 11 Diagonal Street is a skyscraper in Johannesburg, South Africa. It ...
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Durban, home of the busiest port in Africa and an important economic centre in South Africa.. This list of tallest buildings in Durban ranks completed buildings by height in the city of Durban (including uMhlanga) which is the third most populous city in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town and the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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. [2]