I saw this and had to post it here.
From the Austin American-Statesman
http://www.statesman.com/business/co...bizbriefs.html
BUSINESS DIGEST
U.S. architect's design is picked for Paris building.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
PARIS — U.S. architect's design picked for Paris building
Developers selected a design by an award-winning American architect for a bold new building powered partly by the wind.
Dubbed the Lighthouse, the 984-foot-high skyscraper will be designed by Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne and erected at La Defense, a complex of office towers in a business district west of Paris where many of France's major corporations are headquartered.
The building is set for completion in 2012.
Rendering:
UNIBAIL-MORPHOSIS
Thom Mayne's design for a 984-foot-high skyscraper will rise over Paris when it is competed in 2012.