| Standard Bank Centre | |
|---|---|
78 Fox Street | |
 The Standard Bank Centre, Fox Str | |
 | |
| Alternative names | Hanging Building; 78 Fox Street[1] |
| Record height | |
| Tallest in Africa from 1968 to 1970[I] | |
| Surpassed by | Trust Bank Building |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Business-use; Office |
| Architectural style | Futurism; Modern |
| Location | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Address | 78 Fox Street, Central Business District |
| Coordinates | 26°12′24″S 28°02′22″E / 26.206594°S 28.039383°E |
| Construction started | 1966 |
| Completed | 1968 |
| Opened | 1968 |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 139 m (456 ft) |
| Tip | 139 m (456 ft) |
| Roof | 139 m (456 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Concrete |
| Floor count | 34 |
| Floor area | 30,000 m2 (322,917 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Hentrich Petschnigg & Partners |
| Structural engineer | Ove Arup & Partners |
| Main contractor | Concor Limited |
| References | |
| [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |
The Standard Bank Centre (also known as the Hanging Building or the 78 Fox Street)[1] is a skyscraper in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located at the corner of 27 Simmonds Street and 78 Fox Street in the Central Business District of the city. Construction of the building started in 1966 and was completed in 1968. It is 139 m (456 ft) tall.[2] It was also home to Standard Bank, until the company moved to a new site in 1990.[1]
The building was built from the top-down, meaning that after the central core was built, the floors were suspended from cantilevered arms with the top floors added first, followed by each lower floor.[3][7]
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- ^ a b "Standard Bank Centre". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^ a b "Standard Bank Centre". Emporis. Archived from the original on February 10, 2007. Retrieved April 1, 2008.
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- ^ "Standard Bank Towers Marshalls Town". heritageregister.org.za. The Heritage Register. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ a b "Standard Bank Centre". artefacts.co.za. Artefacts. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^ Binder 2006, p. 105.