Tour Areva

Tour Areva (previously known as Tour Framatome and Tour Fiat) is an office skyscraper designed by global architects SOM and located in La Défense, a high-rise business district, and in the commune of Courbevoie, France, west of Paris.

Tour Areva
Tour Areva (Formerly Tour Fiat) La Défense
General information
TypeOffice
LocationLa Défense
(Courbevoie)
Coordinates48°53′32″N 2°14′31″E
Construction started1972
Completed1974
Height
Antenna spire184 m (604 ft)
Roof184 m (604 ft)
Technical details
Floor count44
Floor area102,500 m2 (1,103,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
ArchitectSkidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) ; Roger Saubot, Francois Jullien

Built in 1974, the tower is 184 m (604 feet) tall.

Tour Areva is entirely black; its cladding is made of dark granite and darkened 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 film 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 1973 oil crisis.

See also

  • List of tallest structures in Paris
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