Tour Areva

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Tour Areva

Location	La Défense (Courbevoie)
Construction	1972 - 1974
Use	Office
Height
Total	184 m (604 ft)
Roof	184 m (604 ft)
Technical Details
Floors	44
Floor space	125,000 m² (1.35 million ft²)
Architect	Roger Saubot, Francois Jullien

Tour Areva (previously known as Tour Framatome and Tour Fiat) is an office skyscraper located in La Défense, the high-rise business district situated west of Paris, France.

Built in 1974, the tower is 184 m (604 feet) tall. It is the second-tallest skyscraper in La Défense and the third-tallest skyscraper in Île-de-France.

Tour Areva is entirely black; its cladding is made of dark granite and darkened window. 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 shock of 1974.