Top 10 tallest buildings in Kenya.

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  • Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
  • These are the top 10 tallest biuldings in kenya.
    1. BRITAM TOWER
    Britam Tower, was build as a commercial tower and is owned by British-American Investments Company. The office complex in Upper Hill, Nairobi, was officially opened to the public in July 2018, overtaking UAP Old Mutual Tower as the tallest building in Kenya.
    The skyscraper has a maximum height of 195 metres, above ground, with 32 usable floors. It is the second-tallest building in Africa by pinnacle height at 200 m (660 ft).
    The building is the international headquarters of Britam. It features a unique prismic shape that starts as an equal four sided square footprint and ends with a two sided roof with a 60 metres (197 ft) mast, containing three helical wind turbines.
    2. NAIROBI GTC OFFICE TOWER
    The topping out of Nairobi GTC Office Tower, the tallest of the six towers of the Sh40 billion Global Trade Centre, has added a new entrant in the list of Kenya’s tallest buildings.
    The 184-metre, 43-storey office block is the Africa headquarters for Chinese firm Avic, which is seeking to set up its continental hub on a 7.5-acre piece of land in Westlands, Nairobi.
    3. UAP TOWER, KENYA
    UAP Old Mutual Tower is a 33-storey office complex in the Upper Hill neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya owned by UAP Old Mutual Group, a financial services conglomerate headquartered in Kenya, with subsidiaries in six African countries.
    4. NAIROBI GTC HOTEL TOWER
    The topping out of Nairobi GTC Hotel Tower, the second tallest of the six towers of the Sh40 billion Global Trade Centre, has added a new participant in the list of Kenya’s tallest skyscrapers.
    The 141-metre, 35-storey building is expected to host the star-studded US chain JW Marriott hotel that is operated by Marriott International.
    5. THE TIMES TOWER
    The Times Tower, also known as the New Central Bank Tower, is an office tower in Nairobi, Kenya. At 140 metres (459 feet). With 38 floors, along with a 7-storey banking complex and an 11-split storey car park, it is served by 10 elevators.
    The 38-storey building that was completed in 2000 is designed to resist earthquakes and is set on a concrete raft varying in thickness from 0.9 to 3.0 m .
    6. PRISM TOWER
    The Kings Prism Tower is an iconic 133-metre tall skyscraper in Upper Hill, Nairobi. The 34-storey building that is creatively designed to appear as prisms stacked upon prisms was completed in 2018.
    Whenever a ray of light passes through the prismatic facades of the building, a spectrum of vivid colours emerges - bringing to life the owner’s vision of illuminating the creative productivity of Nairobi residents.
    The Kings Prism Tower is owned by Kings Developers, a wholly Kenyan-owned property development company that was founded as part of the Royal Group of Companies.
    7. LE MAC
    Le’mac Towers is a Sh3.5 billion Dubai-styled mixed-use development in the Westlands neighbourhood of Nairobi, off Waiyaki Way - targeting wealthy buyers and renters seeking housing in exclusive suburbs.
    The 24-storey building, which was officially opened in 2019, offers offices from the 1st to 6th floor and high-end one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments from the 8th to 22nd floor.
    Standing 126 metres tall, Le’mac Towers is currently the tallest residential building in Kenya.
    One of the striking features of the Lemac Towers is a transparent glass floor skywalk located on the 24th floor of the building, which offers a stunning view of cars moving more than 100 metres below your feet.
    8. TELEPOSTA TOWERS
    Telposta Towers, a 120-metre office block on Kenyatta Avenue, is the 9th tallest building in Kenya. On completion in 1999, it became the tallest tower in the country - snatching the title from the KICC.
    The 27-storey building that was built by Laxmanbhai Construction houses Telkom Kenya and several government ministries and departments, including the Ministry of Information and Communication.
    9. KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK PLAZA (KCB PLAZA)
    The skyscraper is located in Upper Hill, Nairobi and has twenty-one storeys consisting of approximately 171,800 square feet of rentable office space and enough parking for about four hundred and fifty automobiles.
    Kenya Commercial Bank Group is the main tenant. Construction began in December 2010 and the building was completed in 2015. The building is owned by the Kenya Commercial Bank Employee Pension Fund.
    10. THE KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE (KICC)
    The Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), formerly the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, is a 28-story building at 105.2 metres. It is located in the City Square of Nairobi and is a crucial address for a number of Government offices, including those of elected Senators.
    It is an internationally renowned venue for conferences, meetings, exhibitions and special events within walking distance of several five-star hotels

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