- Tour Granite
Skyscraper
name=Granite
picture=
location=La Défense
(Nanterre )
construction="under construction
planned for2008 "
use=Office
spire_m=183
spire_ft=600
roof_m=183
roof_ft=600
floors=40
area=68,000
area_ft=732,000
architect=Christian de Portzamparc Tour Granite is an office
skyscraper currently under construction inLa Défense , the high-rise business district situated west ofParis ,France .The skyscraper is due to be completed in 2007 and opened in 2008. It will be 183 m (600 ft) tall, which will make it the fourth-tallest skyscraper in La Défense after
Tour Total ,Tour Areva , andTour T1 (under construction).Tour Granite was ordered by the
Société Générale banking group. It will be built as a complement to the Société Générale twin towers whose office space is now insufficient for the needs of the group. Like the twin towers, Tour Granite will also have a sharply inclined roof.See also
*
Skyscraper
*La Défense
*List of tallest structures in Paris External links
* [http://www.peri.fr/fr/fr/pub/company.cfm La Tour Granite - PERI S.A.S]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=184609 Tour Granite] (Emporis)
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