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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description | The Boerentoren (English: "Farmers' 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. Designed in Art-deco style, the Boerentoren is considered Europe's first skyscraper. It was the tallest building on the continent until the 1950s when it was overtaken by the series of Stalin's "sister" skyscrapers in Moscow and Warsaw.[5] It was the tallest in Belgium from 1932 to 1967, 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).[2] The building was designed by Jan Van Hoenacker |
| Height | 90.00 mm |
| Width | 140.00 mm |
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