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French Skyscraper Design

Tower Buildings in France, Europe: High-Rise Architecture

post updated 15 November 2024

French Skyscraper Buildings, chronological:

21 Oct 2022
Rive de Seine tower, between the Gare de Lyon and the Gare d’Austerlitz
Design: LAN – Local Architecture Network

image © LAN
Rive de Seine tower
This project is part of a new generation of innovative projects whose starting point is the transformation of the city on itself. The rehabilitation and mutation of the existing, in addition to their obvious ecological and environmental interest, are fertile experiences for innovation, real creative adventures that allow to adopt a hyper-reactive adaptation strategy, totally open to discovery and to the opportunities of the already there.

6 Sep 2021
HEKLA, La Défense
Architects: Ateliers Jean Nouvel

image © Ateliers Jean Nouvel
HEKLA Paris Building

10 Apr 2021
Trinity Tower – Tour Trinity La Défense, 1bis place de la Défense – 92800 Puteaux
Design: Cro&Co Architecture – Jean-Luc Crochon
Tour Trinity La Défense

3 Dec 2018
Tour Montparnasse design – Glass Future Prize Winner
Design: Studio Gang Architects, Chicago

image : Studio Gang
Tour Montparnasse Paris by Studio Gang
Developed for the international competition to redesign Tour Montparnasse, Studio Gang’s design transforms this monolithic skyscraper into a beautiful new landmark for twenty-first-century Paris—a tower that is simultaneously a dynamic hub for economic innovation, a vibrant center of community life, and a global model of sustainability.

French Skyscrapers

Major French Skyscraper Projects, alphabetical:

The Phare, Paris
Date of design: 2007-12
Design: Morphosis Architects

rendering Unibail-Morphosis
300m high
Phare Tower Paris
The developers for this high-rise building are Unibail in partnership with EPAD (French public body for the Development of La Défense). The Structure / facade design is by RFR Ingénieurs.

Société Générale tower, La Défense / Valmy district
Dates built: 2001-08
Design: Atelier Christian de Portzamparc

image from architect
Société Générale tower
This triangular tower project in Nanterre, at the western extremity of the district of La Défense, fits into a triangular site. The architectural design unifies the Société Générale’s block, optimizing open spaces and preserving the light and sights in the existing towers.

Tour Carpe Diem, Paris
Date of design: 2008-
Design: Robert A.M. Stern Architects

image : studio amd for Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Tour Carpe Diem
Located at La Defense, this high-rise building is designed to achieve High Environmental Quality in the French HQE® certification and Gold in the American LEED® certification.

Montparnasse Tower – Tour Montparnasse, Paris XVe
Date built: 1973
Designers: Beaudoin, Cassan, De Marien, Saubot;
A. Epstein & Sons International, Inc., Architects
210m high
The Montparnasse Tower is the tallest building in France, currently
Montparnasse Tower
This French capital tower building contains a public viewing area on the 59th floor. It was the tallest building in Europe until the completion of Frankfurt´s MesseTurm in 1990, designed by Murphy/Jahn Architects.

Eiffel Tower – Tour d’Eiffel, Rue de Champ de Mars, Paris VIIe
Date built: 1889
Design: Gustave Eiffel

photo : Isabelle Lomholt
This iconic French skyscraper is 300m high; antenna up to 324m
Eiffel tower
The most famous Parisian structure was not liked by many when built but now symbolises the French capital city to the world.