THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITY
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Complex of five 26- to 30-storey towers built between 1970 and 1984 to centralize government administrations.
Set in a 6-hectare wooded park at the northern end of the Plateau, the Cité administrative is a complex of five towers, 26 to 30 storeys high, representing 125,000 m² of office space. These are the famous towers erected near St. Paul's Cathedral that form the Plateau's skyline. The last modernist and functional planning project of Côte d'Ivoire's post-independence heyday, they symbolize the "Ivorian miracle". It was created to centralize government administrations, at a time when Abidjan was still the political capital of Côte d'Ivoire. It was built between 1970 and 1984 by architects Renard and Sémichon, who were also responsible for modernizing the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in 1964. Towers A and B are both 160 m high. Tower D rises to over 239 m, making it the tallest building in Côte d'Ivoire. The anodized aluminum panels covering the concrete façades as sunshades, which made them more aesthetically pleasing, have been removed due to their dilapidated state, as the towers are very poorly maintained and regularly suffer from fires.
Since 2016, the Cité administrative has been the subject of a rehabilitation plan entrusted to Ivorian-Lebanese architect Pierre Fakhoury, but the exterior has still not been restored. On the other hand, an F tower is due to be built in 2024. Once inaugurated, it will be one of the tallest skyscrapers on the continent, with 75 floors and a height of 300 m.
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