Mohammed VI Tower

Salé, Morocco

The Mohammed VI Tower is a 250-meter-high, mixed-use tower on the east bank of the Bou Regreg River in Salé, Morocco, designed by Rafael de la Hoz and Hakim Benjelloun. The client, Othman Benjelloun, chair of the O Capital Group, the project's financiers, wanted the structure to evoke a rocket on the launchpad, emphasizing the project's futuristic vision. Accordingly, the tower's 41,000 m2 footprint is complemented by a 32,500 m² podium.¹

Benjelloun's original plan was for a smaller tower that would be a new BMCE³ headquarters in the financial district of Casablanca, but as the functions of the structure and its intended height grew, the decision was made to build on the east bank of the Bou Regreg River that flows between the capital city of Rabat and its neighbor, Salé. The 250-meter-high, 55-storey structure is the tallest in Morocco, exceeding the Hassan II Mosque minaret in Casablanca by 40 meters. It was built to be visible from anywhere within a 50 km radius, including historic sites like the Mausoleum of Mohammed V (in which the Hassan II is also entombed), the Kasbah of the Udaya's , and the Chellah, as well as contemporary monuments such as the curvaceous Grand Théâtre de Rabat, designed by Zaha Hadid. This is, no doubt, intentional, creating a visual landscape in which the future of Morocco, symbolized by the tower, springs from the kingdom's shared cultural history over the centuries.

The tower is LEED Gold- and HQE-certified, built with low-carbon cement and featuring 3,350 square meters of solar panels on its south facade. Furthermore, it is equipped with rainwater recovery and wastewater recycling systems, as well as an internal energy-recovery system that provides hot water to the building's occupants. The area around the tower will provide publicly accessible green space alongside the river. It is also designed to withstand seismic events and natural disasters, including flooding from the Bouregreg River.

The project is part of a larger development plan for the Bouregreg Valley.

-Michael A. Toler, 9 December 2025

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