Trust Bank Building is a
skyscraper
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in the
Central Business District
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of
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...
,
South Africa
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. It was built in 1970 to a height of 140 metres. The building is the former head office of Trust Bank of
South Africa
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, and as such has one of the largest
bank vaults in
South Africa
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. The building was sold in February 2003 for
Rand
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6.4 million (
USD
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$640,000).
Like most skyscrapers in Johannesburg the height is 140m which is the same height as
KwaDukuza eGoli Hotel,
Michelangelo Towers,
ABSA Tower and
Standard Bank Centre which are all 140m tall.
See also
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Carlton Centre
The Carlton Centre is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg, South Africa. At , it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019. It is today ...
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Ponte City Apartments
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Hillbrow Tower
The Hillbrow Tower (officially the Telkom Joburg Tower, and formerly JG Strijdom Tower) is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. At , it was the tallest tower in Africa for 50 years, until it was surpass ...
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Standard Bank Centre
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List of tallest buildings in South Africa
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List of tallest buildings in Africa
This article ranks the tallest skyscrapers on the African continent by height. Initially, only a small number of major financial and commercial centres boasted large skylines, such as Cairo, Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi. However, since t ...
External links
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SkyscraperPage
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Skyscraper office buildings in Johannesburg
Office buildings completed in 1970
20th-century architecture in South Africa