Standard Bank Centre
Identification
Name
Standard Bank Centre
Emporis Building Number
103537
Location
| Main address |
Address as text
5 Simmonds Street
ZIP
2001
District
City
State
Country
Longitude
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Latitude
*
Map and Surrounding Area
Technical Data
Height (architectural)
139.00 m
Height (roof)
*
Floors (above ground)
34
Floors (underground)
*
Construction start
*
Construction end
*
Gross floor area
*
Elevators
*
Structure in General
Construction type
skyscraper
Current status
existing [completed]Structural material
concrete
Facade material
aggregate
Facade system
exposed structure
Facade color
light grayArchitectural style
futurism
Usages
Main usages
commercial officeSide usages
service branch(es)Facts
This project employed several unique and at the time ground breaking construction technologies. |
This tower was built from the top down, meaning that after the central core was built, the floors were suspended from three cantilevered arms with the top floors added first, followed by each lower floor. |
The Standard Bank Centre, headquarters of the Standard Bank of South Africa, is located at the heart of Johannesburg's financial district. |
It is organised into three hanging volumes of nine office floors each. |
The respective floors above with 5.40 m high cantilevers house the air-conditioning plants, a cooling plant as well as the transformer station. |
Companies involved in this building
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Architect: HPP Hentrich-Petschnigg & Partner KG Other Companies: Stucke, Harrison, Ritchie & Partners, Concor Limited, Ove Arup & Partners |