General Information
| Name in local language: | Tour Perret |
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| Beginning of works: | 20 May 1924 |
| Completion: | 4 May 1925 |
| Status: | disused |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Observation tower |
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| Material: |
Reinforced concrete tower |
Awards and Distinctions
Location
| Location: |
Grenoble, Isère (38), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
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| Next to: |
Grenoble City Hall (1968)
Pierre Mendès France Sports Palace (1968) |
| Coordinates: | 45° 11' 5" N 5° 44' 7" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 80 m | |
| height to antenna tip | 108 m |
Materials
| tower |
reinforced concrete
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Participants
Architecture
- Auguste Perret (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1994): Auguste Perret. La théorie et l'oeuvre. Gallimard / Electa, pp. 338.
- (2012): Auguste Perret: The Grenoble Orientation Tower ‒ Architecture, Art and the Press. Presented at: Fourth International Congress on Construction History, Paris, 3-7 July 2012, pp. 609-618.
- (2012): The Perret Tower of Grenoble, France. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering History and Heritage, v. 165, n. 3 (August 2012), pp. 157-165.
- (1997): Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen. 3rd edition, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), pp. 220-221.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20002470 - Published on:
02/12/2001 - Last updated on:
22/02/2021
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