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.
Built in 1974, the tower is 178 m (584 ft) 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. [citation needed]
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
References
- ^ "Tour Areva | Buildings | EMPORIS". Archived from the original on 2012-09-07.
- ^ "Tour Areva". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
External links
- Tour Areva[usurped] (Emporis)
- Expatriates Magazine A Printed publication distributed in Tour Areva for international employees
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