General Information
| Other name(s): | Tour RTE Nexity |
|---|---|
| Official designation: | PB 31 |
| Completion: | 1966 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Frame |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Office building |
| Material: |
Steel structure |
Location
| Location: |
Paris-La Défense, Hauts-de-Seine (92), Ile-de-France, France Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine (92), Ile-de-France, France |
|---|---|
| Part of: | |
| Coordinates: | 48° 53' 13.64" N 2° 15' 5.53" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 24 m | |
| height | 100 m | |
| length | 42 m | |
| office space | 25 000 m² |
Materials
| façade |
glass
|
|---|---|
| building structure |
steel
|
Notes
Puteaux/Bureaux, 31 levels = PB 31.
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Tour Initiale (previously known as tour Nobel) is an office building located in La Défense business district just west of Paris, France. The 105 m (344 ft) Tour Initiale was the first office tower built in the La Défense district with ist construction being completed in 1966. In 1988, the tower was given an internal renovation, and the new name of Tour Initiale.
The Tour Initiale was designed by architects Jean de Mailly and Jacques Depussé and engineer Jean Prouvé who designed the building's glass facade. The tower uses curved glass on the building's corners, which, at the time of construction, was generally unknown in France and the glass had to be imported from the United States.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Tour Initiale" and modified on July 22, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- Jean Prouvé (architect) (façade)
- Jean de Mailly (architect)
- Jacques Depusse (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2000): 100 Monuments du XXe Siècle. Patrimoine et architecture de France. Editions France Loisirs, Paris (France), pp. 168-169.
- (1999): L'architecture moderne en France de 1889 à nos jours (Tome 2). Du chaos à la croissance, 1940-1966. Editions Picard, Paris (France), pp. 159-161.
- (1992): La Défense. Expressions des arts urbains du XXe siècle. Éditions Albin Michel, Paris (France), pp. 38.
- (2001): Horizons architecture / Architectural Horizons. 50 bâtiments et ouvrages d'art dans le monde. Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France), pp. 256.
- (2003): Nobel rénovée. In: L'acier pour construire, n. 78 (October 2003), pp. 39-45.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20001436 - Published on:
26/04/2001 - Last updated on:
08/06/2018
