Rising up from Casablanca like a supersized sundial, Al Noor Tower will be Africa’s most impressive architectural feat since the Pyramids of Giza.
The 114-floor building will soar 540 metres above the ground, which is apparently a tribute to the 54 nations that comprise the African continent. The mixed-use building will, most notably, include a seven star hotel.
Details are scant regarding the 200-luxury suite property, but developers have announced it will include a 2,000-square metre spa, art gallery, fine dining destinations will be “incomparable” in terms of perfection.
The task will fall on Dubai-based Middle East Development, working alongside architecture firm Valode & Pistre, who are responsible for the sweeping design, which was reportedly inspired by the flow and feel of a wedding dress.
The skyscraper’s façade will be emblazoned with references to the 1,000 or so languages and dialects spoken across the vast continent. The developer is also discussing a 25-hectare waterfront site in the Moroccan city’s Anfa Financial City area, which could break ground by the summer.
The Casablanca creation will more than double Africa’s current tallest building, which resides in Johannesburg; namely the 223-metre tall Carlton Centre.
It wasn’t so long ago that plans were unveiled for a project that would dwarf even the world's tallest building, Dubai's Burj Khalifa - the one-kilometre high Phoenix Towers in China’s Wuhan. So it seems bigger is, as ever, deemed to be better.