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Tour du Midi


Height: 171m
Location: Brussels
Year: 1967
Tour du Midi

Ocean Heights


Height: 281m
Location: Dubai
Year: 2010
Ocean Heights

Tour du Midi vs Ocean Heights


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Tour du Midi

Tour du Midi

Height

171m
Floors38
Year1967
CityBrussels

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The Tour du Midi (French) or Zuidertoren (Dutch), both meaning South Tower, is a 38-storey, 148 m (486 ft) skyscraper built 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 occupies it now.

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Ocean Heights

Ocean Heights

Height

281m
Floors82
Year2010
CityDubai

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Ocean Heights is a supertall residential skyscraper in Dubai Marina, Dubai, UAE.

The tower stands 310 m (1,017 feet ) tall with 83 floors. The tower is designed by Andrew Bromberg of Aedas. The building was topped out on 22 December 2009, and completed in 2010. Currently Ocean Heights is the fifth-tallest residential construction in the world, and fourth-tallest residential construction in Dubai, behind The Marina Torch, and HHHR Tower. The tower, with its unique curves and twisting motion as one ascends, is actually the third version of the tower proposed by DAMAC Properties Co.. The first version had the tower in a significantly briefer 38 floors, the next had 50. The 83-floor tower houses more than 519 condos and is located along Al Sufouh Road in Dubai Marina.

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