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Tour du Midi


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

Wenzhou World Trade Center


Height: 322m
Location: Wenzhou
Year: 2010
Wenzhou World Trade Center

Tour du Midi vs Wenzhou World Trade Center


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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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Wenzhou World Trade Center

Wenzhou World Trade Center

Height

322m
Floors68
Year2010
CityWenzhou

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Wenzhou World Trade Center (Chinese: ????????) is a 68-floor supertall skyscraper in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. Construction of the building began on 9 June 2003 and was completed in 2010 at 333 m (1,093 feet ), giving it the name of the 107th-tallest construction in the world. It's located in the downtown area of Wenzhou in which it stands as the tallest building in the city, the tallest in Zhejiang province and the 56th-tallest in China. The Wenzhou World Trade Center is to be used as office space and a luxury hotel. Original plans called for the Wenzhou World Trade Center to be just 260 m (853 ft) tall.

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