List of tallest buildings in Nairobi

The hazy skyline of Nairobi.

Nairobi is the capital and largest city in Kenya. In Nairobi, there are 14 buildings that stand taller than 80 m (262 ft). The tallest building in the city is the 33-storey, 163 m (535 ft) UAP Tower. The second-tallest building in the city is the 33-storey, 140 m (459 ft) Times Tower.^[1] The most recent skyscraper to be constructed, is the UAP Tower.

Nairobi's history of towers began with the IPS Building (1967), the Hilton Nairobi (1969), the NSSF Building (1973), and the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in 1974. Buildings in the city remained relatively short in the city until the late 1960s when the city experienced its first skyscraper boom. From 1960 to 1980, Nairobi witnessed a major expansion of skyscraper and high-rise construction. Many of the city's office towers were completed during this period, such as the New Central Bank Tower. A near twenty-year lull in building construction came after this expansion, though Nairobi has experienced a smaller second building expansion beginning in the late 1990s and continuing into the present.^[2]

As of 2015, Nairobi had 50 completed high-rise buildings, with 6 more under construction, and another 6 proposed.

Buildings

This list ranks Nairobi high-rises that stand at least 65 m (213 ft) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.

Buildings completed as of November , 2016

No.	Building	Height	Floors	Completed	Image
1.	UAP Tower	163 m (535 ft)	33	2015
2.	Times Tower[3]	140 m (460 ft)	38	2000
3.	Teleposta Towers [4]	120 m (390 ft)	27	2000
4.	Kenyatta International Conference Centre[5]	105 m (344 ft)	28	1974
5.	NSSF Building [6]	103 m (338 ft)	28	1990s
6.	Kenya Commercial Bank Plaza	100 m (330 ft)	24	2013
7.	I&M Bank Tower[7]	99.1 m (325 ft)	18	2001
8.	Nyayo House [8]	84 m (276 ft)	27	1982
9.	Cooperative Bank House [9]	83 m (272 ft)	25	1981
10.	Hazina Towers [10]	81 m (266 ft)	24	-
11.	National Bank House [11]	82 m (269 ft)	21	1976
12.	Rahimtulla Tower [12]	80 m (260 ft)	18	1999
13.	Anniversary Towers [13]	80 m (260 ft)	26	1992
14.	Lonrho House [14]	80 m (260 ft)	22	1990
15.	Reinsurance Plaza (Office)[15]	77 m (253 ft)	20	1982
16.	AmBank House [16]	75 m (246 ft)	22	-
17.	Delta Corner Tower A (Hotel)[17]	75 m (246 ft)	21	2012
18.	Delta Corner Tower B (Office)[18]	75 m (246 ft)	21	2012
19.	Uchumi House (Office)[19]	71 m (233 ft)	21	1972
20.	ICEA Building [20]	69.9 m (229 ft)	19	1981
21.	View Park Towers [21]	68 m (223 ft)	20	-
22.	International House [22]	65.53 m (215.0 ft)	17	1971

Nairobi panorama, viewed from Westlands

Projects

This is a list of projects over 65 m (213 ft) that are topped out, under construction, approved, on-hold and proposed in the city of Nairobi As of December 2015.

No.	Building	Height	Floors	Year of Completion	Status	Image
1.	Hass Tower 1 (Office)	300 m (980 ft)	66	2018	Site Prep	[23]
2.	Upperhill Square (Mixed-use)	290 m (950 ft)	66	N/A	Proposed
3.	The One Nairobi (Mixed-use)	270 m (890 ft)	70	N/A	Proposed
4.	NSSF Convention Centre (Mixed-use)	240 m (790 ft)	62	N/A	Proposed
5.	Hass Tower 2 (Mixed-use)	201 m (659 ft)	40	2018	site prep	[23]
6.	Britam Tower (Mixed-use)	200.025 m (656.25 ft)	33	2016	Topped Out
7.	Hazina Trade Centre (Mixed-use)	180 m (590 ft)	39	N/A	on hold
8.	Avic International (Office)	175.8 m (577 ft)	43	2018	Site Prep
9.	Montave (Mixed use)	160 m (520 ft)	40	2018	Approved
10.	Avic International (Hotel)	140.75 m (461.8 ft)	35	2018	site prep
11.	Prism Tower (Office)	133 m (436 ft)	32	2015	Topped Out
13.	Upperhill Chambers (office)	-	26	2018	Under construction
14.	Parliament tower (Office)	125 m (410 ft)	26	2018	Under construction
15.	KVDA tower (Office)	-	26	N/A	Proposed
16.	Umoja House (Office)	110 m (360 ft)	26	N/A	Proposed
17.	Le'Mac (Commercial & residential)[24]	98 m (322 ft)	27	2015	Topped Out
18.	Avic International A (Residential)	93.2 m (306 ft)	28	N/A	site prep
19.	CBK Pension House (Office)	-	27	N/A	Proposed
19.	Montave (Office)	-	25	2018	Approved
20.	Pan Africa insurance tower (Office)	88.2 m (289 ft)	19	2017	Under construction	[25]
21.	Avic International B (Residential)	86 m (282 ft)	25	N/A	site prep
22.	Avic International 3 (Residential)	83.2 m (273 ft)	24	N/A	site prep
23.	Avic International 4 (Residential)	81.2 m (266 ft)	24	N/A	site prep
24.	4th Ngong Avenue Towers (Office)	-	25	2015	Topped out
25.	FCB Mihrab Tower (Office)	-	25	2016	Under constructiom
26.	Bishop court (Mixed-use)	-	24	N/A	Proposed
37.	Palazzo (Office)	-	23	2017	Under construction
28.	Montave (Residential)	-	22	2018	Approved
29.	University of Nairobi Towers (Office)	-	22	2015	Topped out
30.	Nairobi Hospice (Mixed-use)	75 m (246 ft)	18	N/A	Proposed
31.	Skynest Apartments (Residential)	-	18	2018	Under Construction
32.	Skye Development Tower A (Mixed-use)	-	18	N/A	Proposed
33.	Skye Development Tower B (Mixed-use)	-	18	N/A	Proposed
34.	Mwalimu sacco (Mixed-use)	-	17	2016	Topped out
35.	Nova Apartments (Residential)	-	17	2017	Under Construction
36.	Xinhua Tower (Office)	-	17	N/A	Proposed
37.	KWFT tower (Mixed-use)	-	17	2017	Site Prep
38.	National Olympic Committee of Kenya (Mixed-use)	75 m (246 ft)	15	N/A	Proposed
39.	Kenya Alliance Insurance Company Headquarters (Office)[26]	67 m (220 ft)	15	N/A	Proposed

See also

• List of tallest buildings and structures in South Africa
• List of tallest structures in the world by country
• List of tallest buildings in Nigeria
• List of tallest buildings in Egypt
• List of tallest buildings in Africa

References

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25. Project Team Member
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