Tour du Midi

The Tour du Midi (French) or Zuidertoren (Dutch), both meaning South Tower, is a 38-storey, 148 m (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 when it was built until it was surpassed by Tour Montparnasse in Paris in 1972. Tour du Midi stands adjacent to Brussels-South railway station. The building's facade was reclad in 1995-1996 with unitised glass panels using double glass solarbel silver, and it can accommodate about 2,500 office workers. It was built for the Belgian Pensions Administration, which still occupies it today.

South Tower
Tour du Midi / Zuidertoren
General information
TypeGovernment offices
Architectural styleModernism
LocationAvenue P.H. Spaak/Europaesplanade
Brussels, Belgium
Coordinates50.83778°N 4.3375°E / 50.83778; 4.3375
Construction started1962
CompletedDecember 1967
Renovated1995 to 1996
CostBEF1.4 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
ArchitectMichel Jaspers & Partners
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