Type Office Completed 1966 Roof 109 m (358 ft) Height 105 m Opened 1966 | Antenna spire 109 m (358 ft) Floor count 30 Floors 30 Architecture firm Valode & Pistre | |
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Similar La Défense, Tour Aurore, Tour Cedre, Tour Eve, Tour Ariane | ||
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 its construction being completed in 1966. In 1988, the tower was given an internal renovation, and the new name of Tour Initiale.
Map of Tour Initiale, 92800 Puteaux, France
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.
This highrise should be completely renovated in the upcoming years in the frame of the first stage of the large-scale redevelopment of La Défense business district which is planned from 2006 to 2013.