Status Complete Completed 1929 – 1932 Height 97 m, 112 m to tip Floors 26 Lifts/elevators 15 | Type Commercial offices Antenna spire 112.5 m (369 ft) Opened 1932 Architectural style Art Deco | |
Alternative names Boerentoren
Torengebouw Location Schoenmarkt 35
Antwerp, Belgium Architects Jan Vanhoenacker, Emiel Van Averbeke, Joseph Smolderen Similar Het Steen, Cathedral of Our Lady, Rubenshuis, Museum aan de Stroom, Meir - Antwerp | ||
The Boerentoren (English: "Farmer's Tower"; 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.
Map of Boerentoren, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
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.