The Paris Triangle, A Bold New Look For The Paris Skyline
A few months ago, I mentioned potential plans to change the Paris skyline. Now the first project, a 50-story glass pyramid is moving into more serious planning stages. The move comes after officials voted to drop a ban on high-rise buildings. Le Projet Triangle at Porte de Versailles was designed by Swiss team Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron who designed the Olympic stadium in Beijing. The tower will have offices, a conference center, 400-bedroom hotel and restaurants and cafes. it will be surrounded by parks, gardens and shops. The building is planned to be around 590 feet high which will make the third highest building in Paris. The tower will run on solar and wind power and is set for completion in 2012.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kenny17995 Sep 27th 2008 9:53PM
its a gorgeous building and would definitely change the Paris skyline. its good that it is going to run on solar and wind power. it makes it environmentally friendly.
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Graffitimonkie Sep 28th 2008 5:51PM
Environmentally friendly looking buildings are always great to read about, hopefully it will reduce carbon in our atmosphere.
But I hope they have glare protection otherwise commuters might be driving by with a lot of reflected light hitting their faces. Not good.
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Jucick Sep 29th 2008 8:18AM
It's just a magnificent building! Now Paris obtains another outstanding feature
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just me Oct 1st 2008 11:35AM
I'm not sure, it's a little Vegas and a little Disney. I may have thought that of the Pyramids at the Louvre also, but in fact, I'm not real fond of them either.
Deidre Woollard Oct 1st 2008 11:32AM
A friend of mine mentioned the I.M. Pei pyramid at the Louvre when talking about this too and I wonder if doing an echo of that was in the architects' minds at all.