Boerentoren

KBC Tower
Antwerp Skyline, with Boerentoren on the right
Alternative names	Boerentoren Torengebouw
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Commercial offices
Architectural style	Art Deco
Location	Schoenmarkt 35 Antwerp, Belgium
Coordinates	51.218611°N 4.404167°E / 51.218611; 4.404167
Completed	1929 – 1932
Height
Antenna spire	112.5 m (369 ft)
Roof	95.8 m (314 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	26
Lifts/elevators	15
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Emiel van Averbeke Jan R. Van Hoenacker and Jos Smolderen
References

The Boerentoren (Template:Lang-en; officially KBC Tower, originally the Torengebouw van Antwerpen) is a tall building in Antwerp, Belgium. Constructed between 1929 and 1932 and originally 87.5 m (287 ft) high, it remains the tallest building and the second tallest structure in the city after the Cathedral of Our Lady.

Designed in Art-deco style, the Boerentoren may be considered one of Europe's first skyscrapers. It was the tallest building on the continent by roof height until in 1940 the Terrazza Martini Tower opened in Genoa, Italy. It was the tallest in Belgium from 1932 to 1960, and is currently ranked 21st. In 1954 the tower was extended with an antenna which reached to a total height of 112.5 m (369 ft). In 1976, the roof of the tower was raised by 8.3 m (27 ft), and the current roof height is therefore 95.8 m (314 ft). The building was designed by Jan Van Hoenacker.

External links

Media related to Boerentoren (Antwerp) at Wikimedia Commons

• VRT News site
• Tower Building in Antwerp Template:Nl icon
• "Boerentoren". Phorio.