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Building List

Rank	Name	Completion	Height	Floors	Function
1	Durban Iconic Tower	N/A	370 m / 1,214 ft	88	residential / hotel / office / retail
2	The Leonardo	2019	227.9 m / 748 ft	56	hotel / residential
3	Carlton Centre	1973	201.2 m / 660 ft	49	office
4	Ponte Tower	1975	172.8 m / 567 ft	54	residential
5	Marble Towers	1973	152.1 m / 499 ft	32	office
6	Pearl Dawn	2010	152 m / 499 ft	31	residential
7	Reserve Bank Building	1988	148 m / 486 ft	38	office
8	88 on Field	1985	146.5 m / 481 ft	26	office
9	Kwadukuza Egoli Hotel Tower 1	1985	140 m / 459 ft	40	hotel
10	Michelangelo Tower	2005	140 m / 459 ft	34	residential
11	ABSA Building	1970	140 m / 459 ft	31	office
12	Trust Bank Centre	1970	140 m / 459 ft	31	office
13	Pearl Sky	2017	139 m / 456 ft	37	residential / hotel
14	Standard Bank Centre	1968	139 m / 456 ft	34	office
15	Southern Life Centre	1973	138 m / 453 ft	30	office
16	Old Mutual Centre	1995	137 m / 449 ft	33	office
17	Portside	2014	136.4 m / 448 ft	30	office
18	Monte Blanc	1985	132.6 m / 435 ft	40	residential
19	ABSA Building	1976	132 m / 433 ft	38	office
20	One Thibault	1972	129 m / 423 ft	32	office
21	The Vogue	2023	128 m / 420 ft	39	residential / retail
22	209 Smit Street	1976	128 m / 420 ft	30	office
23	Atterbury House	1976	127 m / 417 ft	29	office
24	The Spinnaker	2007	123.7 m / 406 ft	29	residential
25	Kine Centre	1974	123 m / 404 ft	27	office
26	The Modern	2023	120 m / 394 ft	32	office / hotel / retail
27	Embassy Building	1991	120 m / 394 ft	28	office
28	Foreshore Place	1970	119 m / 390 ft	34	office
29	Carlton Hotel	1973	119 m / 390 ft	30	hotel
30	Telkom Tower South	1965	118.9 m / 390 ft	26	office
31	Holiday Inn Garden Court Marine Parade	1985	118.3 m / 388 ft	28	hotel
32	National Treasury Building	1972	118.3 m / 388 ft	29	office
33	Pearl Breeze	2008	118.2 m / 388 ft	25	residential
34	16 on Bree	2021	118 m / 387 ft	36	residential
35	Holiday Inn Garden Court North Beach	1978	118 m / 387 ft	33	hotel
36	Metlife Centre	1993	118 m / 387 ft	28	office
37	Telkom Tower North	N/A	115.5 m / 379 ft	26	office
38	Sixty-Nine President	1975	114.9 m / 377 ft	28	office
39	Radisson Blu Hotel and Residence Cape Town	1993	114 m / 374 ft	26	residential / hotel
40	Cape Sun Southern Sun	1983	113 m / 371 ft	33	hotel
41	Civitas Building	1973	112.8 m / 370 ft	31	office
42	320 West Street	1973	110.3 m / 362 ft	30	office
43	101 Victoria Embankment	1981	110 m / 361 ft	38	residential
44	Protea Hotel Landmark Lodge	1976	110 m / 361 ft	31	hotel / office
45	Agricultural Union Centre	1968	110 m / 361 ft	30	office
46	Poytons Building	1968	110 m / 361 ft	30	office
47	Golden Acre	1979	110 m / 361 ft	28	office
48	Schlesinger Building	1965	110 m / 361 ft	21	office
49	The Palace	1983	109.7 m / 360 ft	26	hotel
50	John Ross House	1973	109.1 m / 358 ft	33	residential / office
51	Durban Bay House	2011	106 m / 348 ft	32	office
52	PwC Tower	2018	106 m / 348 ft	26	office
53	Highpoint Hillbrow	1972	105 m / 344 ft	28	residential
54	Maluti Building	1984	104 m / 341 ft	33	residential
55	Transnet Tower	1973	103 m / 338 ft	27	office
56	Saambou Bank Building	1974	102 m / 335 ft	30	office
57	Servamus House	1973	102 m / 335 ft	25	office
58	Western Cape Provincial Administration Building	1975	101 m / 331 ft	26	government
59	Kruger Park	1985	100 m / 328 ft	33	residential
60	Civic Centre	1978	100 m / 328 ft	26	government
61	Nedbank Centre	1975	96 m / 315 ft	25	office
62	Eagle Building	1976	96 m / 315 ft	24	office
63	African Eagle Life Centre	1980	95 m / 312 ft	27	office
64	Logistics House	1974	95 m / 312 ft	25	office
65	The Marine	1987	95 m / 312 ft	24	office
66	2 Loop Street	1970	93.3 m / 306 ft	24	office
67	Cartwright`s Corner House	1969	92.4 m / 303 ft	24	residential
68	The Halyard	2019	92 m / 302 ft	24	office
69	IBM Building	1976	91 m / 299 ft	25	office
70	The Royal Hotel	1977	89.1 m / 292 ft	21	hotel
71	The Rubik	2023	89 m / 292 ft	27	residential / office
72	Naspers Centre	1962	89 m / 292 ft	22	office
73	35 Lower Long	2020	86 m / 282 ft	23	office
74	Mutual Heights	1939	84 m / 276 ft	18	residential
75	Gardens Centre	1973	81 m / 266 ft	22	residential
76	Pavilion Place	1970	80 m / 262 ft	26	residential
77	Cape Town Ritz Hotel	1970	80 m / 262 ft	25	hotel
78	Telkom Tower East	N/A	77 m / 253 ft	18	office
79	Carlton Towers	1965	67 m / 220 ft	20	residential
80	Hallmark House	2016	66 m / 217 ft	17	residential
81	Zeitz MOCAA	2017	58 m / 190 ft	14	hotel / museum
82	Northern Lights	N/A	- m / - ft	38	residential / office
83	No. 2 Harbour Arch	N/A	- m / - ft	24	residential
84	No.1 Harbour Arch	2022	- m / - ft	24	residential
85	The Fynbos	N/A	- m / - ft	24	residential
86	The Beacon	N/A	- m / - ft	20	residential
87	Wedgewood Sandton	N/A	- m / - ft	20	residential
88	The Rockefeller	2021	- m / - ft	19	serviced apartments / hotel
89	92-108 Buitengracht Street	N/A	- m / - ft	18	residential
90	Ellipse Galileo	2022	- m / - ft	16	residential
91	Ellipse Cassini	2022	- m / - ft	14	residential
92	Ellipse Kepler	2021	- m / - ft	12	residential
93	Station House	2022	- m / - ft	12	N/A
94	Ellipse Newton	2021	- m / - ft	11	residential
94	No. 3 Harbour Arch	N/A	- m / - ft	N/A	N/A
94	No. 4 Harbour Arch	N/A	- m / - ft	N/A	N/A
94	No. 5 Harbour Arch	N/A	- m / - ft	N/A	N/A
94	No. 6 Harbour Arch	N/A	- m / - ft	N/A	N/A

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

5 Completed

Average Building Age*

31 Years

Most Common Function*

Residential (40%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (100%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

Function
Material

Total: 5 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 5 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

Based on 5 Buildings Over 150 m Height

Building Completions Timeline

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

Construction Time Chart

NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.

Gross-to-Net Height

NOTE: Gross-to-Net Height is defined as architectural height minus height of highest occupied floor. Therefore, the Gross-to-Net Height is only calculated for buildings that have both the architectural height and the highest occupied floor height recorded.

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