Tour Areva | |
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Areva1.jpg Tour Areva (Formerly Tour Fiat) La Défense |
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General information | |
Type | Office |
Location | La Défense (Courbevoie) |
Coordinates | |
Construction started | 1972 |
Completed | 1974 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 184 m (604 ft) |
Roof | 184 m (604 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 44 |
Floor area | 125,000 m2 (1,350,000 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Roger Saubot, Francois Jullien |
Tour Areva (previously known as Tour Framatome and Tour Fiat) is an office skyscraper located in La Défense, a high-rise business district, and in the commune of Courbevoie, France, west of Paris.
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 crisis of 1974.