Rahimtulla Tower
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Rahimtulla Tower, also known as the Rahimtulla Trust Building, is the tallest building in the Upper Hill
neighbourhood of Nairobi
, Kenya
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The tower is a reinforced concrete structure, and clad with blue-tinted glass and white louvre tiles. The tower has twenty-two (22) storeys, including a double floor-height lobby, plus two (2) basement
floors. It is 16 storeys smaller than the New Central Bank Tower
, the tallest building in the country.
The building is capped by a 30 metre high mast, for television and radio communication. The main tenants are AfricaOnline and PriceWaterhouseCoopers
. The architect is Planning Systems Services, the structural engineers Mangat, I.B. Patel & Partners and the services engineers for the project were Howard Humphreys (Kenya) Limited.
Upper Hill, Nairobi
Upper Hill is a neighborhood in the city of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya.-Location:Upper Hill is located by road west of the central business district of Nairobi...
neighbourhood of Nairobi
Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
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The tower is a reinforced concrete structure, and clad with blue-tinted glass and white louvre tiles. The tower has twenty-two (22) storeys, including a double floor-height lobby, plus two (2) basement
Basement
__FORCETOC__A basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. Basements are typically used as a utility space for a building where such items as the furnace, water heater, breaker panel or fuse box, car park, and air-conditioning system...
floors. It is 16 storeys smaller than the New Central Bank Tower
New Central Bank Tower
New Central Bank Tower, also known as Times Tower, is a 38 storey office tower in Nairobi, Kenya. At 140m, it is the tallest tower in East and Central Africa, earning the title in May 2000, along with a 7 story banking complex and an 11-split story car park...
, the tallest building in the country.
The building is capped by a 30 metre high mast, for television and radio communication. The main tenants are AfricaOnline and PriceWaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest professional services firm measured by revenues and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms....
. The architect is Planning Systems Services, the structural engineers Mangat, I.B. Patel & Partners and the services engineers for the project were Howard Humphreys (Kenya) Limited.