1, place des Saisons - La Défense 1 Courbevoie France
Status:
destroyed
Construction Dates
Finished
1974
Floor Count
39
Basement Floors
3
Building Uses
- office
Structural Types
- highrise
Heights
Value
Source / Comments
Roof
522 ft
Top floor
476 ft
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Description • Architects: Pierre Dufau / Stenzel / Jean-Pierre Dacbert.
• Developer: UAP (Union des Assurances de Paris).
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• This tower is in the shaped volume of a three-pointed star, symbolized the merger of three insurance companies into one, Union des Assurances de Paris, and features an interesting facade constructed of aluminium, double-glazed glass, and bronze-colored stone.
• In 2006, a complete reconstruction of this tower was proposed by Cogedim Entreprise with Kohn Perdersen Fox Associates and Saubot & Rouit Associés as design architects includes recladding the tower in glass, and increasing its height to 225 meters.
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