This 180m-high Herzog & de Meuron-designed pyramid tower is a proposal for the first skyscraper in Paris for 30 years.
The 50-storey building will be situated in the south-west of the city at the Porte de Versailles.
It has been nicknamed the ‘Delanoë tower’ after the city’s socialist mayor Bertrand Delanoë, who won the fight to bring high-rises back to Paris after convincing the city council in July to make exceptions to the 30-year-old ban.
The ban prohibits buildings of above 37m-high and was inspired by the 210 Tour Montparnasse.
The privately-financed building is scheduled for completion in 2012 and is the first of six high-rise developments planned in the city.
impatto ambientale mica indifferente, a prescindere dal gusto soggettivo (orrido), o no?