The Marble Towers is a
skyscraper
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in the
Central Business District
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of
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...
,
South Africa
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. It was built in 1973 and is 32
storey
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T ...
s tall. The building has an eight-storey
parking garage
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attached to it. The structure is made out of a mixture of
concrete
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and
marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite. Marble is typically not Foliation (geology), foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the ...
.
The tower is in use as commercial offices. The building was originally known as the Sanlam Centre. It is located on the corner of Jeppe and Von Wielligh Streets.
[South African Road Atlas, 22nd edition, p.79; Publisher: MapStudio, Cape Town, South Africa, 2009]
Gallery
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See also
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List of tallest buildings in South Africa
South Africa is the most structurally and economically developed nation on the African continent. As such, its major cities have experienced construction booms that most other cities of similar size in Africa have not. Advanced development ...
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List of tallest buildings in Africa
This article ranks the tallest buildings on the African continent by height. Initially, only a small number of major financial and commercial centers boasted large skylines, such as Cairo, Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi. However, since th ...
References
External links
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CTBUH
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Emporis
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Marble Towers' on
Skyscraperpage.com
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Structurae
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Skyscraper office buildings in Johannesburg
Office buildings in South Africa
Office buildings completed in 1973
1973 establishments in South Africa
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