French architecture firm Valode & Pistre is set to break ground on Africa’s $1bn tower, the tallest in Casablanca, Morocco, in June 2015.

Middle East Development in Dubai will commence work on the new Al Noor Tower, which is said to be a mixed-use tower rising to a height of 540m.

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The skyscraper is claimed to be more than double the height of Johannesburg’s 223m Carlton Center, which was completed in 1973, and will be built on a 25ha site in the Moroccan city of Casablanca.

"The 540m height of the building represents the total number of African countries."

Comprising a total floorspace of 335,000m², the tower will house a 200-room luxury hotel, a trading platform, conference hall and art gallery, as well as a 100m-tall atrium that hollows the base of the skyscraper.

Al Noor Tower’s facade has been designed as a pixilated representation of Africa’s 1,000 languages. Its 114 floors are said to honour the same number of chapters in the Quran.

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The 540m height of the building represents the total number of African countries.

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The tower is part of a larger project by UAE-based Middle East Development. It is expected to cost $1bn and be completed in 2018.