TF1 Tower

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TF1 Tower
Tour TF1
TF1, Pont d'Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris 6 November 2016.jpg
The TF1 Tower and the that crosses the Seine River
TF1 Tower is located in Paris
TF1 Tower
General information
TypeOffice and studio building
AddressQuai du Point-Du-Jour
Avenue Le-Jour-Se-Lève
Town or cityBoulogne-Billancourt
CountryFrance
Coordinates48°50′02″N 2°15′38″E / 48.833889°N 2.260556°E / 48.833889; 2.260556Coordinates: 48°50′02″N 2°15′38″E / 48.833889°N 2.260556°E / 48.833889; 2.260556
Completed1992
Cost€56.9 million
ClientTF1
OwnerTF1 Group
Height59 metres (194 ft)
Technical details
Floor count14
Floor area45,000 square metres (480,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect

The TF1 Tower (French: Tour TF1) is a building in the Boulogne-Billancourt suburb of Paris, used as the headquarters of the French TV channel TF1 and several subsidiaries of the TF1 Group since 1992.

Location[]

The TF1 Tower is located at the corner of Quai du Point-Du-Jour and Avenue Le-Jour-Se-Lève in the Point-Du-Jour neighborhood of Boulogne-Billancourt in the Hauts-de-Seine department, southwest of Paris. It is situated close to the Pont aval and the .

Architecture[]

The TF1 Tower is shaped as cylinder covered with reflective glass.[1] It has 14 floors and an overall floor area of 45,000 square metres (480,000 sq ft).[2]

The direction offices are located on the upper floor.[3] A webcam on the top of the tower broadcasts real-time pictures of Paris on TF1's official website as well as in TF1's news programme studio.[4]

History[]

The building was designed by architect  [fr] and built by the Bouygues group. Its construction was decided after a delegated project management agreement dated March 20th, 1991 and authorised by the administration council on April 11th, 1991. The construction was invoiced €37.1 million in fiscal year 1991[5] and €18.8 million in fiscal year 1992.[6] The TF1 channel moved to the building on June 1st, 1992, from its former headquarters at  [fr]. Thanks to a leasing contract, the TF1 Group became the owner of the tower on June 30th, 2001.[7]

According to journalists  [fr] and Henri Haguet, the new headquarters tower is symbolic of TF1's ideological shift toward productivity.[8] TF1 also uses the tower for advertising and displaying.[9]

On April 15th, 2012, the façade was lit with a 45 square metres (480 sq ft) screen that enabled the news programme to be watched from the banks of the Seine River.[10]

In popular culture[]

In 1995, the tower was climbed with bare hands by Alain Robert.[11]

In 2005, the TF1 Tower was featured in the introduction animated short film of Arthur's one-man-show Arthur en vrai.[12]

In August 2007, an advertisement for video game Halo 3 showed the game's main character inside the TF1 Tower. Virals videos showed the character near the building's entrance and in the weather forecast studio.[13]

In the November 28th, 2008 episode of Star Academy's , a special credit video shows kids climbing the tower to reach guest singer Britney Spears who landed on the roof with a helicopter.[14][15]

In 1997, the tower appeared on the title page of Pierre Péan and 's pamphlet named TF1, un pouvoir.[16] The building was also shown on the covers of the books TF1, une expérience (2006)[17] and Madame, monsieur, bonsoir (2007).[18][19]

Gallery[]

  • The TF1 Tower

  • On November 6th, 2016.

References[]

  1. ^ "TF1, Boulogne-Billancourt". Emporis (in French). Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  2. ^ "Tour TF1". Paris Skycrapers (in French). Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  3. ^ ; Chemin, Ariane (August 26, 2007). "Le quatorzième étage de TF1, la France en ligne de mire". Le Monde (in French).
  4. ^ Babou, Igor (1998). "Des discours d'accompagnement aux langages : Les nouveaux médias" (PDF). Études de linguistique appliquée. Didier Érudition / (112): 407–420. ISSN 0071-190X.
  5. ^ Dominique Ledouble; Edouard Salustro (April 24, 1992). "Rapport financier 1991" (PDF) (in French). TF1. p. 41. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  6. ^ Dominique Ledouble; Edouard Salustro (April 23, 1993). "Rapport financier 1992" (PDF) (in French). TF1. p. 19. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  7. ^ "Rapport financier 2001" (PDF) (in French). TF1. p. 26. Retrieved December 7, 2001.
  8. ^ ; Haget, Henri (December 31, 1992). "TF1 Histoires secrètes". L'Express (in French).
  9. ^ de Rochegonde, Amaury (July 6, 2006). "Régies cap sur le plurimédia". (in French) (1421). p. 33.
  10. ^ "Des Infos sur la tour de TF1". Le Parisien (in French). April 15, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  11. ^ Alain Robert. "Escalades urbaines" (in French). Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  12. ^ "« Arthur en vrai » à Tunis". Jetsetmagazine.net (in French). April 25, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  13. ^ "Le Masterchief déjà chez TF1" (in French). August 20, 2007. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  14. ^ Buiatti, Marion (November 28, 2008). "Star Ac'8: Solène ne résiste pas au prime de tous les défis". gala.fr (in French). Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  15. ^ "Le prime du 28 novembre 2008 (1/4)". (in French). November 28, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  16. ^ Péan, Pierre; (1997). TF1, un pouvoir. Documents (in French). Paris: Fayard. ISBN 2-213-59819-3.
  17. ^ Lambert, Bertrand. TF1, une expérience. ISBN 978-2-9531995-0-5.
  18. ^ (2007). Madame, monsieur, bonsoir : Les dessous du premier JT de France (in French). Paris: Panama. ISBN 978-2-7557-0327-6.
  19. ^ Félix, Virginie (January 13, 2008). "L'autre brûlot qui allume TF1". telerama.fr. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
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