Highpoint Hillbrow is a
skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...
in
Hillbrow,
Johannesburg,
South Africa. It was built in 1972 to a height of 105 metres. The building is mostly
apartment
An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are ma ...
s built on top of a large
shopping centre and
cinema.
See also
*
List of tallest buildings in South Africa
References
External links
Amethyst: Johannesburg Landmarks Retrieved 11 February 2008.
Buildings and structures completed in 1972
Residential skyscrapers in Johannesburg
20th-century architecture in South Africa
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