The South Tower (French: Tour du Midi; Dutch: Zuidertoren) is a 38-storey, 148 metres (486 ft) skyscraper constructed between 1962 and 1967 in Brussels, Belgium. The tower is the tallest building in Belgium, and was the tallest in the European Economic Community (EEC) when it was built, until it was surpassed by Tour Montparnasse in Paris in 1972.
| South Tower | |
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 The South Tower in Brussels | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Government offices |
| Architectural style | Modernism |
| Location | Avenue Paul-Henri Spaak / Paul-Henri Spaaklaan |
| Town or city | 1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region |
| Country | Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°50′16″N 4°20′15″E / 50.83778°N 4.3375°E |
| Construction started | 1962 |
| Completed | 1967 |
| Renovated | 1995–1996 |
| Cost | BEF 1.4 billion |
| Owner | Belgian Pensions Administration |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 171 m (561 ft) |
| Roof | 148 m (486 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count |
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| Floor area | 85,630 m2 (921,700 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Michel Jaspers & Partners |
| References | |
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The South Tower stands adjacent to Brussels-South railway station. The building's façade was reclad in 1995–96 with unitised glass panels using double glass solarbel silver, and it can accommodate about 2,500 office workers. It was built for the Belgian Federal Pensions Service (FPS), which still occupies it today,[5][6] and it is thus often also called the Pensions Tower (French: Tour des Pensions; Dutch: Pensioentoren).[7][8]
Gallery
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The South Tower seen from Brussels-South railway station in 1996, with a Thalys in the foreground -
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The water feature at the bottom of the tower
See also
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References
edit- ^ "South Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ^ "Emporis building ID 108924". Emporis. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "South Tower". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ South Tower at Structurae
- ^ "SFPD". www.sfpd.fgov.be. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Times, The Brussels. "All pension services now located in the South Tower". www.brusselstimes.com. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "La Tour du Midi, la plus haute de Belgique, fête ses 50 ans". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Minister Lalieux wil Zuidertoren renoveren voor 140 miljoen euro". www.bruzz.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
External links
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Media related to South Tower (Brussels) at Wikimedia Commons
