- Tour Gan
Skyscraper
name=Tour Gan
picture=
location=La Défense
(Courbevoie )
construction=1972 - 1974
use=Office
spire_m=187
spire_ft=614
roof_m=179
roof_ft=587
floors=44
area=70,500
area_ft=759,000
architect=Harrisson & Abramovitz, J. P. BisseuilTour Gan (previously known as Tour Nobel) is an office
skyscraper located inLa Défense , the high-rise business district situated west ofParis ,France . It was designed by celebrated American architectMax Abramovitz .Built from 1972 to 1974, the tower is 179 m (587 ft) tall at roof height. However, it reaches 187 m (614 ft) once including the antenna located on the roof. It is the third-tallest skyscraper in La Défense after
Tour Total andTour Areva . Its ground shape is in the form of aGreek cross .In 1972, during construction, a protest campaign opposed the building of Tour Gan, which was deemed too tall and thus too visible from the historical center of Paris and particularly from the
Champs-Elysées . Protesters demanded a reduction in height. However, those protests had no effect and the tower was completed at the planned height.All the
asbestos from the Tour Gan was removed between 1995 and 2001.See also
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Skyscraper
*La Défense
*List of tallest structures in Paris External links
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=110451 Tour GAN] (Emporis)
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