Tour de Lille

Commercial offices in Lille, France
50°38′20″N 3°04′34″E / 50.6388062°N 3.0760704°E / 50.6388062; 3.0760704Construction started1991Completed1995HeightAntenna spire116 m (381 ft)Roof116 m (381 ft)Technical detailsFloor count19Floor area18,135 m2 (195,200 sq ft)Lifts/elevators4Design and constructionArchitect(s)Christian de Portzamparc

Tour de Lille (previously known as Tour du Crédit-Lyonnais between 1995–2006[1]) is an office skyscraper in Euralille, the business district of the Lille metropolitan area.

Designed by Christian de Portzamparc,[2] this emblematic tower of the city of Lille is also called "the ski boot", "the flipper" or even "the L".[3]

116 m high, with an area of 18,135 m2, it is the fifth tallest tower outside of Île-de-France behind the Tour Incity in Lyon, the Tour Part-Dieu in Lyon, the Tour CMA-CGM in Marseille and the Tour Bretagne in Nantes.

The Tour de Lille overlooks the Lille-Europe station.

See also

References

  1. ^ François Mitterand et la Tour de Lille
  2. ^ TOUR CRÉDIT LYONNAIS – LILLE
  3. ^ Et Lille trouva chaussure à son pied grâce à Christian de Portzamparc

External links

  • Tour de Lille
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  • Tour Perret (Amiens) (104 m) (1952)
  • Tour Les Poissons (129.5 m) (1970)
  • Tour Montparnasse (210 m) (1972)
  • Tour First (231 m) (2011)
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