16, Place de lIiris, La Defense, Canton Sud F-92400 Courbevoie France
Status:
built
Construction Dates
Began
1972
Finished
1974
Floor Count
49
Basement Floors
2
Building Uses
- office
Structural Types
- highrise
Heights
Value
Source / Comments
Roof
587 ft
building's owner EPAD
from lower point
Without stylobate
547 ft
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Description • Architect: J. P. Bisseuil, Harrison & Abramovitz.
• Others: Cosentini Associates, Foncière des Régions, GTMTP, Trouvin, Voyer, Weidlinger Associates Inc.
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• Parisian newspapers launched an anti-skyscraper campaign in spring 1972 with the goal to shorten the height of the Tour Gan, which at the time was under construction, but the building was finished in the planned height.
• Anodized aluminium breasting and tinted glass cover the facade, materials in harmony with the single dark-green color.
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