The Iconic Tower is a mixed-use supertall skyscraper in the New Administrative Capital of Egypt, designed by Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners and built by China State Construction Engineering. Completed in 2024 at a structural height of 394 meters over 77 floors, it is both the tallest building and the tallest structure in Africa, and its design draws on the form of pharaonic obelisks. Of its more than 265,000 square meters of floor area, the first 40 floors are offices, 10 are branded apartments, and the remaining 30 form a five-star hotel; the tower is the centerpiece of a planned 20-tower central business district launched by the Egyptian government in 2015.
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
Source Iconic Tower (Egypt) (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Egypt, located there.
Sources
1. Iconic Tower (Egypt) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEntity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (standing)
The Iconic Tower is a mixed-use supertall skyscraper in the New Administrative Capital of Egypt, designed by Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners and built by China State Construction Engineering. Completed in 2024 at a structural height of 394 meters over 77 floors, it is both the tallest building and the tallest structure in Africa, and its design draws on the form of pharaonic obelisks. Of its more than 265,000 square meters of floor area, the first 40 floors are offices, 10 are branded apartments, and the remaining 30 form a five-star hotel; the tower is the centerpiece of a planned 20-tower central business district launched by the Egyptian government in 2015.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (2024)
completion_date/completed = 2024
Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Supertall skyscraper)
The Iconic Tower is a mixed-use supertall skyscraper in The New Capital of Egypt. With a total structural height of 394 metres (1,293 ft), it is both the tallest building and the tallest structure in Africa. It has 77 floors, mostly for office use, and is one of 20 towers being built as part of the central business district in the new capital city. The total area of the tower exceeds 265,000 m2 (2
View the Source 2. Iconic Tower (Egypt) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata height (P2048) statement: 393.8
Wikidata item Q102281065, property P2048 (height): 393.8 m (converted to metres, preferred/normal rank, non-deprecated)
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: The New Capital, Egypt
Wikidata item Q102281065, property P131/P17 (location): The New Capital, Egypt
- In Style: Ancient Egyptian Architecture, Infobox style field: Egyptian and modern
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