Casablanca Finance City Tower () or CFC Tower is a 28–story office building in
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
. At 136 meters in height, it is the tallest structure in Morocco, with the exception of the
minaret
A minaret (; ar, منارة, translit=manāra, or ar, مِئْذَنة, translit=miʾḏana, links=no; tr, minare; fa, گلدسته, translit=goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generall ...
of the
Hassan II Mosque
The Hassan II Mosque ( ar, مسجد الحسن الثاني, french: Grande Mosquée Hassan II) is a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the largest functioning mosque in Africa and is the List of largest mosques, 7th largest in the world. Its ...
.
It is located in the
Casablanca Finance City, built at the site of the former
Casablanca–Anfa Airport.
It was designed by
Morphosis Architects
Morphosis Architects is an interdisciplinary architectural and design practice based in Los Angeles and New York City.
History
The firm was informally founded in 1972 by Michael Brickler, Thom Mayne, Livio Santini and James Stafford. Michael Rot ...
.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Morocco
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List of tallest buildings in Africa
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Casablanca Finance City
References
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Skyscrapers in Morocco