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Tower Buildings in France, Europe: High-Rise Architecture
post updated 25 June 2021
French Skyscrapers
French Skyscraper Buildings, chronological:
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.
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
Dates built: 2001-08
Design: Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
image from architect
Société Générale tower
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
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
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Location: France, western Europe
New Buildings in France
French Architectural Projects
French Architecture Design – chronological list
French Architect Offices – design firm listings
French Architecture – Selection
Zenith Saint-Etienne Building
Design: Foster + Partners
photo : Nigel Young
Zenith Music Hall Strasbourg
Design: Massimiliano Fuksas Architecture
photo : Moreno Maggi
Skyscrapers
Contemporary Skyscrapers – global architectural selection below:
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