Britam Tower

{{Short description|Building in Nairobi}}

{{EngvarB|date=July 2018}}

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| name = Britam Tower

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| image = Britam tower (cropped).jpg

| image_caption = Britam Tower on 10th March, 2017.

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| status = Complete

| highest_region = Kenya

| highest_prev = UAP Old Mutual Tower

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| highest_start = 2017

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| architectural_style = Structural Expressionism

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| cost = KSh. 7 billion (US$70 Million){{cite web|access-date=22 July 2018 |last=Kagai | url=https://www.constructionkenya.com/2807/britam-tower-upper-hill-nairobi/ |title=Britam Tower Underway In Nairobi | first=Danson |publisher=Construction Kenya | location=Nairobi |date=21 June 2014}}

| location = Hospital Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi

| client = Britam

| owner = Britam

| current_tenants = Equity Group Holdings

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| location_country = Kenya

| coordinates = {{coord|01|18|00|S|36|48|47|E|display=inline, title}}

| altitude = {{convert|1795|m|ft|0|}}

| start_date = September 2013{{cite web |url=http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Britam-wants-roads-to-its-Upper-Hill-towers-paved/996-2914680-b9gb77/index.html |title=Britam wants Kidero to speed up roads construction |date=15 October 2015 |access-date=22 July 2018 |newspaper=Daily Nation |publisher=Nation Media Group |first=Otiato |last=Guguyu |location=Nairobi |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614094818/https://www.nation.co.ke/business/Britam-wants-roads-to-its-Upper-Hill-towers-paved/996-2914680-b9gb77/index.html |url-status=dead }}

| completion_date = September 2017{{cite web| url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/marketplace/Tallest-building-in-EA-ready-for-letting/4003114-4675772-11xc5am/index.html |title=Tallest building in East Africa ready for letting |date=22 July 2018 |access-date=22 July 2018 |

newspaper=Business Daily Africa |last=Otieno |first=Bonface | location=Nairobi}}

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| height = {{convert|200.1|m|ft}}

| diameter = {{convert|160|x|150|m}}

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| floor_count = 32

| floor_area = {{convert|31500|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}

| architect = Chris Kroese, GAPP Architects and Urban Designers

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| website = {{URL|www.britam.com}}

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The Britam Tower is a commercial building in Nairobi owned by British-American Investments Company (Britam). The skyscraper, the tallest building in Kenya, rises {{convert|195|m|0}} above ground, with 32 usable floors. The building features a unique prismic shape, that starts as an equal four sided square footprint and ends with a two sided roof with a {{convert|60|m|0}} mast, containing three helical wind turbines.