Carlton Centre Office Tower - Johannesburg, South Africa - Skyscrapers on Waymarking.com

The Carlton Centre has 50 floors. The foundations of the two buildings in the complex are 5 m (16 ft) in diameter and extend 15 m (49 ft) down to the bedrock, 35 m (115 ft) below street level. The building houses both offices and shops, and has over 46 per cent of the floor area below ground level. The Carlton Centre is linked to the Carlton Hotel by a below-ground shopping centre with over 180 shops as well as an ice skating rink all set below an above-ground public plaza.

Excavations for the Carlton began in January 1967, and took two years to complete. Although occupation of the Centre began in 1971, construction was not finally completed until 1974. The building officially opened in 1973 at a total cost of over R88 million.

The building is the head office of transport parastatal Transnet, who purchased it in 1999. In June 2007, then Transnet group chief executive Maria Ramos revealed the company's intention to offer the building for sale.

If you want a bird’s-eye view of Johannesburg, the Carlton Centre is the place to go. Visitors to the centre can enjoy a panoramic view of the City of Gold from the Top of Africa, as the topmost floor of the building is known.

The coordinates were taken at the entrance to the Garden Pavilion Shopping Center on Main Street.

Source: (visit link)

Building Name: Carlton Centre Office Tower Structure Height: 732 Number of Stories: 50 Year Built: 1973 Architect/Design Firm: Skidmore, Owings And Merrill LLP and W. Rhodes - Harrison Hoffe & Partners Style: International Style Use: Office Building Publicly accessible areas: Entrance on 150 Commisioner Street Entrance to the Garden Pavilion Shopping Center on Main Street Cost: No Address: 150 Commisioner Street Johannesburg South Africa The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) link: [Web Link] Hours: Not listed Building Website: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
To visit this waymark, you must provide a description of your experience and add one photograph (taken by you) of any part of the skyscraper to the gallery. This photograph does not have to have either you or your GPS receiver in it.

Recent Visits/Logs:

There are no logs for this waymark yet.