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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 / office
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	Radio Park Building	N/A	150.9 m / 495 ft	33	office
8	Reserve Bank Building	1988	148 m / 486 ft	38	office
9	88 on Field	1985	146.5 m / 481 ft	26	office
10	Kwadukuza Egoli Hotel Tower 1	1985	140 m / 459 ft	40	hotel
11	Michelangelo Tower	2005	140 m / 459 ft	34	residential
12	ABSA Building	1970	140 m / 459 ft	31	office
13	Trust Bank Centre	1970	140 m / 459 ft	31	office
14	Standard Bank Centre	1968	139 m / 456 ft	34	office
15	Pearl Sky	2017	138 m / 453 ft	37	residential / hotel
16	Southern Life Centre	1973	138 m / 453 ft	30	office
17	Old Mutual Centre	1995	137 m / 449 ft	33	office
18	Portside	2014	136.4 m / 448 ft	30	office
19	Monte Blanc	1985	132.6 m / 435 ft	40	residential
20	ABSA Building	1976	132 m / 433 ft	38	office
21	One Thibault	1972	129 m / 423 ft	32	office
22	The Vogue	2023	128 m / 420 ft	39	residential / retail
23	209 Smit Street	1976	128 m / 420 ft	30	office
24	Atterbury House	1976	127 m / 417 ft	29	office
25	The Spinnaker	2007	123.7 m / 406 ft	29	residential
26	Kine Centre	1974	123 m / 404 ft	27	office
27	The Modern	2023	120 m / 394 ft	32	office / hotel / retail
28	Embassy Building	1991	120 m / 394 ft	28	office
29	Foreshore Place	1970	119 m / 390 ft	34	office
30	Carlton Hotel	1973	119 m / 390 ft	30	hotel
31	Telkom Tower South	1965	118.9 m / 390 ft	26	office
32	Holiday Inn Garden Court Marine Parade	1985	118.3 m / 388 ft	28	hotel
33	National Treasury Building	1972	118.3 m / 388 ft	29	office
34	Pearl Breeze	2008	118.2 m / 388 ft	25	residential
35	16 on Bree	2021	118 m / 387 ft	36	residential
36	Holiday Inn Garden Court North Beach	1978	118 m / 387 ft	33	hotel
37	Metlife Centre	1993	118 m / 387 ft	28	office
38	Telkom Tower North	N/A	115.5 m / 379 ft	26	office
39	Sixty-Nine President	1975	114.9 m / 377 ft	28	office
40	Radisson Blu Hotel and Residence Cape Town	1993	114 m / 374 ft	26	residential / hotel
41	Cape Sun Southern Sun	1983	113 m / 371 ft	33	hotel
42	Civitas Building	1973	112.8 m / 370 ft	31	office
43	320 West Street	1973	110.3 m / 362 ft	30	office
44	101 Victoria Embankment	1981	110 m / 361 ft	38	residential
45	Protea Hotel Landmark Lodge	1976	110 m / 361 ft	31	hotel / office
46	Agricultural Union Centre	1968	110 m / 361 ft	30	office
47	Poytons Building	1968	110 m / 361 ft	30	office
48	Golden Acre	1979	110 m / 361 ft	28	office
49	Schlesinger Building	1965	110 m / 361 ft	21	office
50	The Palace	1983	109.7 m / 360 ft	26	hotel
51	John Ross House	1973	109.1 m / 358 ft	33	residential / office
52	Durban Bay House	2011	106 m / 348 ft	32	office
53	PwC Tower	2018	106 m / 348 ft	26	office
54	Highpoint Hillbrow	1972	105 m / 344 ft	28	residential
55	Maluti Building	1984	104 m / 341 ft	33	residential
56	Transnet Tower	1973	103 m / 338 ft	27	office
57	Saambou Bank Building	1974	102 m / 335 ft	30	office
58	Servamus House	1973	102 m / 335 ft	25	office
59	Western Cape Provincial Administration Building	1975	101 m / 331 ft	26	government
60	Kruger Park	1985	100 m / 328 ft	33	residential
61	Civic Centre	1978	100 m / 328 ft	26	government
62	Nedbank Centre	1975	96 m / 315 ft	25	office
63	Eagle Building	1976	96 m / 315 ft	24	office
64	African Eagle Life Centre	1980	95 m / 312 ft	27	office
65	Logistics House	1974	95 m / 312 ft	25	office
66	The Marine	1987	95 m / 312 ft	24	office
67	2 Loop Street	1970	93.3 m / 306 ft	24	office
68	Cartwright`s Corner House	1969	92.4 m / 303 ft	24	residential
69	The Halyard	2019	92 m / 302 ft	24	office
70	IBM Building	1976	91 m / 299 ft	25	office
71	The Royal Hotel	1977	89.1 m / 292 ft	21	hotel
72	The Rubik	2023	89 m / 292 ft	27	residential / office
73	Naspers Centre	1962	89 m / 292 ft	22	office
74	35 Lower Long	2020	86 m / 282 ft	23	office
75	Mutual Heights	1939	84 m / 276 ft	18	residential
76	Gardens Centre	1973	81 m / 266 ft	22	residential
77	Pavilion Place	1970	80 m / 262 ft	26	residential
78	Cape Town Ritz Hotel	1970	80 m / 262 ft	25	hotel
79	Telkom Tower East	N/A	77 m / 253 ft	18	office
80	Carlton Towers	1965	67 m / 220 ft	20	residential
81	Hallmark House	2016	66 m / 217 ft	17	residential
82	Zeitz MOCAA	2017	58 m / 190 ft	14	hotel / museum
83	Northern Lights	N/A	- m / - ft	38	residential / office
84	No. 2 Harbour Arch	N/A	- m / - ft	24	residential
85	No.1 Harbour Arch	2022	- m / - ft	24	residential
86	The Fynbos	N/A	- m / - ft	24	residential
87	The Beacon	N/A	- m / - ft	20	residential
88	Wedgewood Sandton	N/A	- m / - ft	20	residential
89	The Rockefeller	2021	- m / - ft	19	serviced apartments / hotel
90	92-108 Buitengracht Street	N/A	- m / - ft	18	residential
91	Ellipse Galileo	2022	- m / - ft	16	residential
92	Ellipse Cassini	2022	- m / - ft	14	residential
93	Ellipse Kepler	2021	- m / - ft	12	residential
94	Station House	2022	- m / - ft	12	residential
95	Ellipse Newton	2021	- m / - ft	11	residential
95	No. 3 Harbour Arch	N/A	- m / - ft	N/A	N/A
95	No. 4 Harbour Arch	N/A	- m / - ft	N/A	N/A
95	No. 5 Harbour Arch	N/A	- m / - ft	N/A	N/A
95	No. 6 Harbour Arch	N/A	- m / - ft	N/A	N/A

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

6 Completed

Average Building Age*

32 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (50%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (100%)

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

Function
Material

Total: 6 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 6 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

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

Based on 6 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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