Tour Gan in La Défense (Paris, France)
N 48° 53.347 E 002° 14.994
31U E 445014 N 5415400
Tour Gan (previously known as Tour Nobel) is an office skyscraper located in La Défense district of Paris. It was designed by famous American architect Max Abramovitz.
Waymark Code: WM6G3G
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 05/29/2009
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Built from 1972 to 1974, the tower is 179 m tall at roof height. However, it reaches 187 m once including the antenna located on the roof. It is the third-tallest skyscraper in La Défense after Tour Total and Tour Areva. Its ground shape is in the form of a Greek cross.
In 1972, during construction, a protest campaign opposed the building of Tour Gan, which was deemed too tall and thus too visible from the historical center of Paris and particularly from the Champs-Elysées. Protesters demanded a reduction in height. However, those protests had no effect and the tower was completed at the planned height.
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