South Tower (Brussels)

South Tower
Tour du Midi / Zuidertoren
General information
Type	Government offices
Architectural style	Modernism
Location	Avenue P.H. Spaak/Europaesplanade Brussels, Belgium
Coordinates
Construction started	1962
Completed	December 1967
Renovated	1995 to 1996
Cost	BEF1.4 billion
Owner	Belgian Pensions Administration
Height
Antenna spire	171 m (561 ft)
Roof	148 m (486 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	38 3 below ground
Floor area	85,630 m2 (921,700 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect	Michel Jaspers & Partners
References

Tour du Midi (French) or Zuidertoren (Dutch), both meaning South Tower, is a 38-storey, 148 m (486 ft) skyscraper constructed 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 the Brussels-South railway station. The building 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 still occupies it today.