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| Metamorphosis in Paris |
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| Plans to build the tallest building in Paris unveiled |
| A vast glass office block that will become the tallest commercial building in Paris since the Eiffel Tower has been unveiled. Once described as Paris’s “mini-Manhattan”, La Defense is one of Europe’s biggest purpose built business districts, built by Francois Mitterrand in 1989.
Recently La Defense has begun planning a new generation of high-rises to compete with new urban business quarters in Moscow, Madrid and Amsterdam.
Designed by Californian architect Thom Mayne, the “Phare” (lighthouse) tower is a gently .............more |
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