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KBC Tower
Boerentoren

Schoenmarkt 35
Antwerp Belgium
http://www.pienternet.be/pano/...

Status:
built
Construction Dates
  Began1929
  Finished1932
Floor Count26
Building Uses
 - office
Structural Types
 - highrise

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Antenna369 ftwikipedia article
from 1954
Roof314 ft
1931-1976287 ftwikipedia article
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Description
Architect: Emiel van Averbeke

• Tallest Building in Belgium at time of completion. It was surpassed by the Centre Internatial Rogier (Brussels) in 1960. Often considered as the first real skyscraper in Europe.

• In 1954 the tower was extended with an antenna which reached to a total height of 112,5 meters.

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