Tour Areva

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Tour Areva
Tour Areva (Formerly Tour Fiat) La Défense
General information
Type	Office
Location	La Défense (Courbevoie)
Coordinates	48°53′32″N 2°14′31″E / 48.89222°N 2.24194°E / 48.89222; 2.24194Coordinates: 48°53′32″N 2°14′31″E / 48.89222°N 2.24194°E / 48.89222; 2.24194
Construction started	1972
Completed	1974
Height
Antenna spire	184 m (604 ft)
Roof	184 m (604 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	44
Floor area	102,500 m2 (1,103,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) ; Roger Saubot, Francois Jullien

Tour Areva (previously known as Tour Framatome and Tour Fiat) is an office skyscraper designed by global architects SOM and located in La Défense, a high-rise business district, and in the commune of Courbevoie, France, west of Paris.

Built in 1974, the tower is 184 m (604 feet) tall.

Tour Areva is entirely black; its cladding is made of dark granite and darkened windows. Its shape is that of a perfect square prism. It is said that its architects were inspired by the black monolith in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The site where the tower was built was codenamed CB1 in La Défense initial master plan. A twin tower of Tour Areva was initially planned at the current location of the Tour Total, but was cancelled due to the 1973 oil crisis.

See also[]

• List of tallest structures in Paris

External links[]

• Tour Areva (Emporis)
• Expatriates Magazine A Printed publication distributed in Tour Areva for international employees