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Trust Bank Building

Johannesburg, South Africa

The 858th tallest building in the world

140 m · 459 ft

Trust Bank Building is a skyscraper in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1970 to a height of 140 metres (460 ft). The building is the former head office of Trust Bank of South Africa, and as such has one of the largest bank vaults in South Africa. The building was sold in February 2003 for Rand 6.4 million (US$640,000). Like most skyscrapers in Johannesburg the height is 140 m which is the same height as KwaDukuza eGoli Hotel, Michelangelo Towers, ABSA Tower and Standard Bank Centre, which are all 140 m tall.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More tall buildings in South Africa

  1. Carlton Centre222.5 m
  2. Ponte City Apartments172.8 m
  3. South African Reserve Bank Building150 m
  4. 88 on Field147 m
  5. Michelangelo Towers140 m

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