Tour du Crédit Lyonnais
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| Tour du Crédit Lyonnais | |
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| Information | |
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| Location | La Part-Dieu, Lyon, France |
| Status | Proposed |
| Opening | 1977 |
| Use | office, hotel |
| Height | |
| Antenna/Spire | 165 m (541 ft)[1] |
| Top floor | 165 m (541 ft)[1] |
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| Floor count | 42[1] |
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| Architect | Cossutta & Associates[1] |
Tour du Crédit Lyonnais is a skyscraper in Lyon, France. The building rises 165 meters (541 feet) in the city's La Part-Dieu, with 45 floors.[1] The building was completed in 1977, and currently stands as the 9th-tallest building in France, it is the highest tower in France outside Ile-de-France (Paris area). Last 10 floors are occupied by Radisson SAS Hotel Lyon and rest of floors are offices.
Due to its shape it is often nicknamed "le crayon", french for "the pencil".
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