John Vorster Tower
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John Vorster Tower
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| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Pretoria | |||
| Province: | Gauteng | |||
| Country: | South Africa | |||
| Altitude : | 1435 m | |||
| Coordinates: 25 ° 45 ′ 58.2 ″ S , 28 ° 12 ′ 20.5 ″ O | ||||
| Use: | Television tower | |||
| Tower data | ||||
| Construction time : | 1978 | |||
| Building material : | Steel , concrete | |||
| Total height : | 198 m | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Further data | ||||
| Construction: | Reinforced concrete construction | |||
| Structural planning: | Ove Arup & Partners | |||
| Engineer: | CM McMillan | |||
| Opening: | 1978 | |||
| Original height: | 177 m | |||
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The John Vorster Tower (formerly: Telkom Lukasrand Tower ) is a 198 meter high television tower in Pretoria, South Africa and at the same time the tallest structure in the city. It is named after the former President of the Republic of South Africa , Balthazar Johannes Vorster .
description
architecture
The tower shaft of the John Vorster Tower consists of three concrete columns with a square floor plan connected by multiple struts. One of these columns ends with the upper hexagonal tower cage , the second extends to the middle and the third to the lower operating floor. The central column with a hexagonal basic section runs continuously from the ground floor to the top structure. A steel antenna closes off the structure above the uppermost operating floor. The tower is not accessible to the public and was originally 177 meters high.
Due to the use of exposed concrete and its clear geometric design language , the building is classified as brutal .
Football sculpture
For the 2010 World Cup , an oversized dummy football was installed below the tower cage in September 2009. With a diameter of 24 meters and a weight of 50 tons, it is the world's largest football sculpture according to the Guinness Book of Records .
literature
- Erwin Heinle , Fritz Leonhardt : Towers of all times - of all cultures , Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-421-02931-8 , p. 249.
