The City of Light is about to show a particularly stunning building, in the form of its first skyscraper in over 40 years. The Paris city council has approved the construction of the “Tour Triangle”, a jaw dropping pyramid-shaped building, designed by the Swiss agency Herzog & de Meuron.
Located right in the exhibition site Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles, this skyscraper will be 180 meters (590 ft) tall, looking like a sleek glass pyramid with trapezoid base, wide from one side and narrow from the other. At this height, the Tour Triangle will be the city’s third tallest building, right after the 324-metre tall Eiffel Tower and the 209-metre Montparnasse Tower.
This one-of-a-kind skyscraper will be financed by Unibail-Rodamco, a French commercial real estate company. As you could imagine, such a unique project won’t be cheap, which is why the Tour Triangle is valued at around $555 million. As some might remember, Parisians have historically opposed the erection of skyscrapers, which is why the original plan of the Tour Triangle was declined.
But this tower will be much more than a skyscraper. It will feature a cultural area, 2,200 m² of office space and an incredible “sky bar” that I will surely love to visit in a couple of years. The plans also include a conference center, a restaurant and a pretty big 120-rooms hotel that might accommodate you in the near future.
Construction is expected to begin in the city’s 17th arrondissement sometime in 2016, with the completion date closer to 2020. Looking forward to see how it turns out!
