Edifício Sonangol

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Edifício Sonangol in Luanda

The Edifício Sonangol is a post-modern 22-story high -rise office building in the Angolan capital Luanda and at the same time the flagship symbol for the reconstruction of Luanda after 27 years of civil war. It is the headquarters of the state oil company Sonangol .

The high-rise, reinforced with glass, steel and concrete, was started at the end of 2004 and officially opened in June 2008. With a lower roof edge of 95.5 meters, it is currently the tallest building in Angola. A South Korean architecture firm was in charge. Construction work was in the hands of the Portuguese construction company Soares da Costa . It is located on Rua Rainha Ginga / Rua do 1 ° Congresso do MPLA, in the Baixa of Luanda. The construction costs were approximately 90 million US dollars .

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  1. ↑ Sonangol head quarters Luanda ( Memento from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  2. ↑ Novo Edifício da Sonangol (Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis) gasta mais de 10 mil toneladas de cim ( Memento of January 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Portuguese)

Coordinates: 8 ° 48 ′ 49.8 ″  S , 13 ° 13 ′ 51 ″  E