| Schlesinger Building | |
| Alternate Names: | Wesbank Centre, Sanlam Centre |
| Status: | Complete |
| Building Type: | Office |
| Architectural Style: | International style Modern |
| Address: | 222 Smit Street, Braamfontein |
| Location Town: | -->Johannesburg |
| Location Country: | South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -26.1949°N 28.0411°W |
| Namesake: | John Schlesinger |
| Completion Date: | 1965 |
| Opened Date: | 1965 |
| Destruction Date: | --> |
| Owner: | Schlesinger Organization (original) |
| Architectural: | 110m (360feet) |
| Tip: | 110m (360feet) |
| Material: | Concrete |
| Floor Count: | 21 |
| Architect: | Monty Sack |
| Unit Count: | --> |
| References: | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
The Schlesinger Building, also known as Wesbank Centre or Sanlam Centre, is a skyscraper in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1965 to a height of 110m (360feet). It has 21 floors.[1] The building is named for John Schlesinger, a Johannesburg businessman who was also one of the first major art collectors in the city.[5]
Doreen E. Greig, who was the first female president-in-chief of the South African Institute of Architects,[6] described the building in her book as 'an immense building' with a 'sombre and monumental' aspect, which derived from the reflection of grey-green glass sheathing. Its facade are swollen and its vertical aluminium mullions are balanced by the horizontal glass spandrels, which also less obscure than the fenestration.[7]