PARIS | Tour Phare | 971 FT / 296 M | 71 FLOORS

[Eigenwelt]

out.fucking.standing.

[aaron38]

Not that I'm likely to ever get the chance, but I don't think I'd want to stand under it. I'm sure it is, but the base just doesn't look - stable.
That was my first impression - that it looked rickety.

[Dalton]

An American architect designed this for Paris, eh? He must be a Republican. And a Bush supporter. If this thing is built, French people will finally have a valid reason to hate America. This tops most Dubai projects for attrociousness and even rivals the Chicago Spire in its tacky "organic" overstatement.

[Alliance]

Some people are being a bit (as in a lot) reactionary. Don't be nimbys. Not every skyscraper has to utilize only straight lines. There is a lot of geometry in this tower.

Props to Paris for building bold.

[Beyond 1000]

Originally Posted by Alliance

Some people are being a bit (as in a lot) reactionary. Don't be nimbys. Not every skyscraper has to utilize only straight lines. There is a lot of geometry in this tower.

Props to Paris for building bold.

If they shoved this KRaP in Chitown you would be bombing the mayor's office.

This building is a Piece of $hit in typical French fashion. On opening day they can play Oxygene by Jean Michael Jarre and really weird out.

Where Hitler failed to destroy Paris, this will complete the task.

[Fabb]

Originally Posted by Beyond 1000

Where Hitler failed to destroy Paris, this will complete the task.

You don't know what you're talking about.
This thing is too low and much too far to have an impact on Paris. I will just be a suburban curiosity.

[Alliance]

Originally Posted by Beyond 1000

If they shoved this KRaP in Chitown you would be bombing the mayor's office.

This building is a Piece of $hit in typical French fashion. On opening day they can play Oxygene by Jean Michael Jarre and really weird out.

Where Hitler failed to destroy Paris, this will complete the task.

You certainly know everything about me, back off.

I'd be fine if this building was built in Chicago. I think it has some real strong points. I've already voiced my criticism.

[Beyond 1000]

Originally Posted by Alliance

Some people are being a bit (as in a lot) reactionary. Don't be nimbys. Not every skyscraper has to utilize only straight lines. There is a lot of geometry in this tower.

Props to Paris for building bold.

Don't know much about you Alliance but I still think blob is awful. Look at the rest of the comments on this thread.

They should build this and Greenbird to go along with it.

[EyOne]

The other face (cladding will not be white):



I'm not fan...but wait and see

[Stratosphere]

[cur_sed]

But again, the top is annoying, I can't stand any more of those wind turbines, I like green ecotowers, but there are certain limits. In this case, for a supertall, you can't leave the top open to winds like this with a bad hairdo.

What, you mean you're advocating form over function? The modernists would be ashamed
I'm loving the green-ness of the thing. It's certainly different to the other LD skyscrapers, but whaddya expect from the city's new tallest?

[AJphx]

honestly, the top just freaks me out.

[Fabb]

I'm afraid that the top is not the worst part of it.

[Metropolitan]

Here is a google map showing where is located La Défense. The district is mainly located on Puteaux and Courbevoie, but also extends to Nanterre. As you can see there are various municipalities which are totally independent from the development of the business district. That's why Emporis and Skyscraperpage, in considering municipalities as the thing determining all, aren't adapted to the Parisian case.

The Société Générale twin towers are themselves located half on Puteaux and half on Nanterre...

[toddguy]

Originally Posted by Metropolitan

Here is a google map showing where is located La Défense. The district is mainly located on Puteaux and Courbevoie, but also extends to Nanterre. As you can see there are various municipalities which are totally independent from the development of the business district. That's why Emporis and Skyscraperpage, in considering municipalities as the thing determining all, aren't adapted to the Parisian case.

The Société Générale twin towers are themselves located half on Puteaux and half on Nanterre...

Thanks for the info. That aerial does clear it up. Emporis obviously was talking about the whole area then and not just the part that really is La Defense.

Well anyway I hope this tower design gets tweaked some and turns out to be better than these initial renderings suggest.

[MayDay]

"Some people are being a bit (as in a lot) reactionary. Don't be nimbys. Not every skyscraper has to utilize only straight lines. There is a lot of geometry in this tower."

Someone is full of epiphanies I'm not sure how I could be NIMBYish about this tower as I live a few thousand miles away from its planned site. And really? Not every tower has to have straight lines? The HELL you say! Next thing you know, you'll be telling me that they've invented electricity!?!

Am I correct in understanding that SSC is down? That would explain a lot of these posts lately.

[Mercutio]

I'm sure the more artistic of you can do a better job but this is my reaction to this design:

[Diddle E Squat]

The Tampon That Ate Paris!


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[malec]

All the posts in this thread prove my point I made yesterday, that this is a potentially groundbreaking design.

[graupner]

A nice, slim and tall tower would be 10000x better than this piece of .. shmoo.

Une belle, grande mince serait bien mieux que cette tour qui fait de l'embompoint.

Qui sera le principal locataire/ promoteur de la tour?? ca en fait quand meme de l'espace a louer!!