South Tower
Tour du Midi (French)
Zuidertoren (Dutch)
The South Tower in Brussels
General information
TypeGovernment offices
Architectural styleModernism
LocationAvenue P.H. Spaak / Europaesplanade
Brussels, Belgium
Coordinates50°50′16″N 4°20′15″E / 50.83778°N 4.3375°E / 50.83778; 4.3375
Construction started1962
CompletedDecember 1967
Renovated1995 to 1996
CostBEF 1.4 billion
OwnerBelgian Pensions Administration
Height
Antenna spire171 m (561 ft)
Roof148 m (486 ft)
Technical details
Floor count38
3 below ground
Floor area85,630 m2 (921,700 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Michel Jaspers & Partners
References
[1][2][3][4]

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.

The South Tower stands adjacent to Brussels-South railway station. The building's facade 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]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "South Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  2. ↑ "Emporis building ID 108924". Emporis. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "South Tower". SkyscraperPage.
  4. ↑ South Tower at Structurae
  5. ↑ "SFPD". www.sfpd.fgov.be. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Times, The Brussels. "All pension services now located in the South Tower". www.brusselstimes.com. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
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