Tour du Midi
Brussels, Belgium

HEIGHT: 150m
FLOORS: 38 floors
COMPLETION: 1967
ARCHITECT: ?


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pretty boring for Europe's capital. but then again, Brussels isn't really a skyscraper city. and it's quite far away from the other skyscrapers 6.5 but i like its blue glass

10/10

7/10

The cladding is nice and although its a regular box, I am sure it really stands out in Brussels and looks really tall there.

No wonder why luis4083 rated it 10...That 's one of the finest cladding I'v ever seen!!

8/10

nice box...7/10

Indeed really nice cladding! Also the best looking scraper of Brussels IMHO :)

7.5/10

7.5/10

My fav in Bruxelles :

http://ladefense.free.fr/1/bru/tour%20du%20midi%2009.jpg
http://ladefense.free.fr/1/bru/tour%20du%20midi%2011.jpg
http://ladefense.free.fr/1/bru/tour%20du%20midi%2015.jpg
http://ladefense.free.fr/1/bru/tour%20du%20midi%2020.jpg

8 , it's just a box, but the cladding is incredible

Simple little box... but it's pretty nice too. 8.5/10

A very nice glass box. I actually like the cheesy PoMo stylings.


8.0/10

8/10 That is nice cladding!

I know what this building looked like: grey under a leaden European sky with rain drizzling out. This looks much, much better. 7.5

Yes, it is an improvement from before...

I'm not fond of glass boxes, but this beautiful cladding makes it work for me! 8.0

Any pictures of before the recladding?

A box, but a very beautiful one! I Like the facade
8.0/10

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i found this..
http://skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2002/02/142324.jpg

8.5 - A very nice box! :)

When was it recladded? I've been to Brussels many times in the early 90's and surely I would have remembered this building if it had the new cladding back then. If not, I can see why I don't remember this building.

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if you came from Gare du Midi then this building is one of the first scrapers you notice after you exit the station.. if not, this scraper is hard to find, since it's far away from the Grand-Place and the other attractions of the city.. i don't pass by it everyday when i'm in brussels..

great looking building but his surroundings looks like shit !
the base of this tower is awesome !!

7/10

Wow, that is a classy beautiful building!
9.0!

9/10

amazing box

its looks really nice, 10

8/10
love the glass

9/10

the most beautiful box i've ever seen!

7/10. Nice box with an awesome facade!.

@ Snor do you've got any pics of the surrounding area?.

Very nice building indeed !! 9/10

this is the tower next to the sation isn't it? nice tower 8

some more pics

looks higher than 150m
http://img41.exs.cx/img41/7339/3Zuidertoren1.jpg

as you van see it stands on a small base
http://img92.exs.cx/img92/5219/2146miditec.jpg

the surraounding area, it's a very lonely scraper, all the oher big buildings are at the north area
http://img92.exs.cx/img92/1637/Dscf1719.jpg

i love it!

I like this one, looks like boxes should do. 7.5/10

Impressive height for Brussels, and the cladding is of a high quality, but I find the patterns slightly annoying.

7.5 overall.

9/10

If only more towers were clad to well, one of the best boxes in the World, love it..
8/10

Cladding is very good and looks quite tall. I think it would look better with curved sides.
8.5/10

7!

7
quite interesting
if it were built nowadays i'd give 5
but i'm giving 7 becouse of the year or construction and nice renovation

8/10

9/10

A good box. New cladding looks nice but I don't like those "patterns". 7,5/10

boxy but very nice.. 8

7/10

Really massive, but a boring design. 7/10

very elegant box 8

http://www.globalphotos.org/brussels/20050419/RIMG0783.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/brussels/20050419/RIMG0807.jpg

7.5/10

Nice clading, a good looking building. 8/10

7/10

7/10

8.5/10 A very nice modern tower, although i like older architecture better, this one is very good!

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810

Yeah, it's no architectural wonder but hey it's almost 40 years old!
The cladding is 1st class. :)
I give it a 8.5/10

9.5/10 impressive box!

It's a pitty that I can't find more pictures of the tower at night.
Especially at weekdays in the winter (when people are still working and the light are still on) the tower is beautiful.

I've found one, but it isn't very clear.

http://photo.photoblog.be/carmen/images/001/665/1665676.jpg

http://photos.bartvo.com/gallery/albums/midi/GE1M2744.sized.jpg

9.5

10/10

Finally I've found what I was looking for: Some night pics of the Midi Tower.
Enjoy :)

http://www.emich.be/images/misc2/midi200805.jpg

http://www.emich.be/images/nord/tourdumidi.jpg

5,5/10 boring

Very nice night pics Moren-o.
I give 9/10 for this 40 years old lady

8.5/10.

I like it > 8

8/10

8/10

If I were a bird I'll be glad to crash myself against that tower. Pretty well integrated with the sky, almost a invisible building. 10/10.

7/10

8.5/10

perfect box 8,5/10

8/10

7.5/10 :)

9.5 its gorgeous! :D

7/10

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9.5/10:)

Nice Box! 9/10

9/10 ... ;)

Love the cladding... 8.5

8.5/10.

Tour du Midi seen from the city centre:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g92/Benonie/Brussel/centrum/118_0548.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g92/Benonie/Brussel/centrum/118_0603.jpg

It's only a box, but 8/10

nice :)
i like it

8/10

9/10. I'd give the building before the renovation a 5/10 because that facade was snot. It was renovated from 2001 to 2003.

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8/10

Brussels need a very special skycraper, created by top-designers.

7.5/10

9/10

6/10 ^^

9/10

7/10

7.5/10

8. Good building. Regards.

8/10

8/10

Tour du Midi earlier this month:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g92/Benonie/Brussel/zuid/BrusselWest548.jpg

^^ amazing picture! thats why this building is my fave in europe :D 10/10

8,5/10
Nicely clad, and very impressive to see it stand on such a small base. No photos here of the base, I'll try to make up for that later this week.

I pass that building every day.

It's pretty nice. I give it an 8/10 but if I use international standards as benchmark I would only give it a 7/10.

8/10

This morning, passing the station at about 7 am, I was enchanted by this tower scraping the clouds, I thought it looked a bit mysterious. Some photos I had to make, I hope I'm not the only one who likes this tower in the mist.

From the other end of the South station (SNCB-parking at rue de France).
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/barvdw/zuidertoren/IMG_0094.jpg

Closer up
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/barvdw/zuidertoren/IMG_0097.jpg

Station tower right of the Tour du Midi, with the ferris wheel of Zuidfoor in the background
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/barvdw/zuidertoren/IMG_0098.jpg

Entrance.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/barvdw/zuidertoren/IMG_0099.jpg

The impressive tower base
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/barvdw/zuidertoren/IMG_0100.jpg

From Poelaertplein, in front of the Palace of Justice
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/barvdw/zuidertoren/IMG_0105.jpg

Close up
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/barvdw/zuidertoren/IMG_0106.jpg

And a few hours later from the same spot as initially, with the South station.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/barvdw/zuidertoren/IMG_0136.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/barvdw/zuidertoren/IMG_0135.jpg

thanks for those pictures! :D
are there any pics from the inside ?

9/10

7/10 too bland. Good height though. :)

8/10

7/10

8.5