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Originally Posted by BenL

It strives to be iconic and it's certainly different. My view might change but I like it.

I share a similar feeling about it. For now, the rendering is very small and doesn't show well the tower in its context. I'm still a bit scared though that the tower will look too massive, but we don't have enough information yet to know whether this will be true. As we generally say, let's wait and see.

For so long, LD has resisted the temptation to add spires to its skyline. Now, it'll get five at the same time.

I think it's a horrible design. I'm sure that this will not be the final design though. It's inefficient as well as ugly. Both the accountants and planners will object (I hope....).

Who designed that crap?

I need more renderings of that tower before I can judge it

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Originally Posted by BXC

Who designed that crap?

Valode et Pistre. A local firm.
They're responsible for several recent towers in LD.

I really like it without the spire spire, just bring the corners up higher to get it back up to 280m.

The corners are not practical. If they are to be used, then the elevator shafts will certainly be a problem.

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Originally Posted by Fabb

The corners are not practical. If they are to be used, then the elevator shafts will certainly be a problem.

The corners aren't meant to be used. Floors should end at the bottom of the spire (approximately at 200 meters of height).

Apparently, the tower has been designed to reach the height of 308 meters.

^Almost too good to be true.

Look what Metropolitan made :

http://grandparis.free.fr/axageneraligranite.jpg

a nice rendering of Granite and the SG towers across the street:

http://www.paris-skyscrapers.com/new...otos/gra30.jpg

...but is there still a street under that pedestrien bridge ?

The result of the contest for the Tower signal was given this morning.

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LA DEFENSE : UNIBAIL LANCE UNE TOUR « PHARE » DE 130 000 M²
http://www.businessimmo.info/_img_up..._morphosis.jpg
Dépêche n° 1298 - Lundi 27 novembre 2006

Le jury de la consultation internationale d’architecture lancée par Unibail, en concertation avec l’EPAD, a désigné le cabinet d’architectes Morphosis (Thom Mayne) lauréat de la consultation pour la conception de la tour « Phare » à La Défense, qui sera livrée en 2012.
Le projet se présente comme une tour monumentale de 300 mètres de haut, offrant près de 130 000 m² de surface utile. Il sera situé entre le Faubourg de l’Arche et le Cnit auquel il est directement relié.
Le montant de l’investissement sera supérieur à 800 M€, a indiqué Guillaume Poitrinal, Pdg d’Unibail.
http://www.businessimmo.info/pages/l...&page=&lang=fr

http://www.20minutes.fr/img/photos/2...7/vue-opus.jpg
source 20minutes.
http://www.20minutes.fr/articles/200...La-Defense.php

It's fat.
I'm afraid that it won't help the lack of soaring structures in La Défense.

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Originally Posted by Grumpy

how about this !

http://perso.numericable.fr/ydelavau...ignal_jour.jpg

What an ugly building. Parisians !! Do not allow this monstruosity to be built !!

Too lopsided and amorphous for my liking.

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