Tour Areva in La Défense (Paris, France) - Skyscrapers on Waymarking.com

Tour Areva is entirely black and its cladding is made of dark granite and darkened-glass windows. Its shape is that of a perfect square prism. It is said that its architects were inspired by the black monolith in Stanley Kubrick's movie "2001: A Space Odyssey".

The site where the tower was built was codenamed CB1 in La Défense initial master plan. A twin tower of Tour Areva was initially planned at the current location of the Tour Total, but was cancelled due to the oil crisis of 1974.

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Le Defense is Europe's largest business center with 80 hectares of skyscrapers five kilometers West of Paris. With headquarters of companies such as SFR, IBM, Société Générale, Total, Axa, La Defense is a European economic powerhorse. A pedestrian district with underground car traffic, La Defense displays splendid architecture, including the CNIT exhibition center and the Grande Arche...

Building Name: Tour Areva Structure Height: 604 Number of Stories: 44 Year Built: 1974 Architect/Design Firm: Roger Saubot, Francois Jullien and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Style: International Style Use: Office Building Publicly accessible areas: without public access Hours: Cost: Address: Place de la Coupole La Défense 6 Courbevoie Île-de-France France Building Website: [Web Link] The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) link: [Web Link]

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