{"id":7809,"date":"2026-05-06T09:55:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=7809"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:12:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:12:02","slug":"rocket-like-skyscraper-becomes-moroccos-tallest-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/rocket-like-skyscraper-becomes-moroccos-tallest-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket-like skyscraper becomes Morocco’s tallest building"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 250-metre-tall Mohammed VI Tower designed by architecture studios Rafael de\u202fLa\u2011Hoz and Hakim Benjelloun has opened in Morocco<\/a> as the country’s tallest building and the third tallest in Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named after Mohammed VI, who has reigned as King of Morocco since 1999, the skyscraper is situated along the Bou Regreg river between the Moroccan capital Rabat and the historic city of Sal\u00e9. The skyscraper has a rocket-like shape and rises 55 storeys.<\/p>\n

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Mohammed VI Tower is the tallest building in Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Its gently curved form contains offices, apartments, exhibition space, an observatory and a Waldorf Astoria hotel.<\/p>\n

The skyscraper stands atop a ground-floor base that houses a reception lobby and hall, restaurants, an additional exhibition space and a bank branch.<\/p>\n

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The skyscraper rises 250 metres tall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Construction on the skyscraper began in 2017, launched by Moroccan billionaire and Bank of Africa CEO Othman Benjelloun. It was developed by O Tower<\/a>, an offshoot firm of Benjelloun’s holding company O Capital Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Madrid-based Rafael de La-Hoz<\/a> and Moroccan studio Hakim Benjelloun<\/a> designed Mohammed VI Tower to have a rocket-like shape sitting on a launch pad, referencing a visit Benjelloun made to a NASA flight simulation in 1969.<\/p>\n