Tour Descartes

Skyscraper
name=Tour Descartes
picture=
location=La Défense
(Courbevoie)
construction=1988
use=Office
spire_m=130
spire_ft=427
roof_m=130
roof_ft=427
floors=40
area=100,000
architect=Jean Willerval, Fernando Urquijo, Giorgio Macola

Tour Descartes (also known as tour IBM) is an office skyscraper located in La Défense business district situated west of Paris, France.

Built in 1988, the tower, with a height of 130 meters, belongs to the third generation of towers in La Défense. The tower takes the shape of a parallelepiped in which a semi-cylinder would have been extruded on the main façade.

It hosts the French headquarters of IBM computers corporation.

See also

* Skyscraper
* La Défense
* List of tallest structures in Paris

External links

* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=110435 Tour Descartes] ("Emporis")