List of tallest buildings and structures in the Paris region
The tallest structure in the City of Paris and the Île-de-France remains the Eiffel Tower in the 7th arrondissement, 330 meters high, completed in 1889 as the gateway to the 1889 Paris Universal Exposition. The tallest building in the Paris region is the Tour Link, at 242 meters, located in La Défense. It is tied for ninth place among the tallest buildings in the European Union. The tallest building within the city limits of Paris is the Tour Montparnasse, 210 meters high.
Tallest buildings and structures
editThe Paris region has four of the tallest twenty-five buildings in the European Union: the tour Link, the Tour First, the Tour Hekla, and the Tour Montparnasse. As of 2022, there are 23 skyscrapers that reach a roof height of at least 150 metres (490 ft).
Most of the Paris region's high-rise buildings are located in three distinct areas:
- La Défense, located just west of the City of Paris in the département of the Hauts-de-Seine. Eight of the ten tallest buildings and structures in the region are located in La Defense.
- Italie 13, located in the southern half of the 13th arrondissement: The 13th arrondissement towers are mostly residential, located in the south of the arrondissement, in what is today le Quartier chinois (Chinatown).
- Front de Seine, located in the 15th arrondissement: Most of the buildings of the Front de Seine, which is in close proximity to the Eiffel Tower, were built in the 1970s and 1980s and are of mixed commercial and residential use. The tallest building is the Tour Montparnasse.
Other high-rise buildings are scattered throughout the Paris area, mainly in close proximity to the Périphérique freeway. These include Les Mercuriales in Bagnolet, the Tour Pleyel in Saint-Denis, and the Hôtel Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile in the city proper (near the Porte Maillot).
However the tallest tower is built within central Paris: the iconic Eiffel Tower standing alongside the Seine River at the heart of the 7th arrondissement. Built in 1889, it was the first man-made structure in the world to exceed 1,000 feet.
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Paris, with the skyscrapers of La Défense in the background -
Towers in the 13th arrondissement -
The Front de Seine project in the 15th arrondissement
This list ranks the Paris area buildings and structures that stand at least 100 meters tall.[1] Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height.
| Rank | Name | Image | Height m (ft) | Floors | Year | Primary Use | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eiffel Tower | .jpg) |
330 (1,083) | 3 | 1889 | Telecommunications and observations tower | 7th arr. |
| 2 | Tour First |  |
231 (758) | 50 | 1974 / 2011 | Office | La Défense |
| 3 | Tour Hekla | .jpg) |
220 (722) | 50 | 2022 | Office | La Défense |
| 4 | Tour Montparnasse |  |
210 (689) | 59 | 1973 | Office | 15th arr. |
| 5 | Tour Majunga |  |
194 (636) | 47 | 2014 | Office | La Défense |
| 6 | Tour Total |  |
187 (614) | 48 | 1985 | Office | La Défense |
| 7 | Tour GDF SUEZ |  |
185 (607) | 38 | 2008 | Office | La Défense |
| 8 | Tour Granite (Société Générale) |  |
184 (604) | 37 | 2008 | Office | La Défense |
| 9 | Tour Duo 1 |  |
180 (591) | 39 | 2021 | Office | 13th arr. |
| 10 | Tour CB21 |  |
179 (587) | 46 | 1974 | Office | La Défense |
| 11 | Tour Areva |  |
178 (584) | 44 | 1974 | Office | La Défense |
| 12 | Tour Saint-Gobain |  |
178 (584) | 44 | 2019 | Office | La Défense |
| 13 | Tour D2 |  |
171 (561) | 38 | 2014 | Office | La Défense |
| 14 | Tour Alicante (Société Générale) |  |
167 (548) | 37 | 1995 | Office | La Défense |
| 15 | Tour Chassagne (Société Générale) | |
167 (548) | 37 | 1995 | Office | La Défense |
| 16 | Tour Trinity |  |
167 (548) | 33 | 2020 | Office | La Défense |
| 17 | Tour Carpe Diem |  |
166 (545) | 39 | 2013 | Office | La Défense |
| 18 | Cœur Défense |  |
161 (528) | 40 | 2001 | Office | La Défense |
| 19 | Tour Alto |  |
160 (525) | 38 | 2020 | Office | La Défense |
| 20 | Tribunal de Paris |  |
160 (525) | 42 | 2018 | Courthouse | 17th arr. |
| 21 | Tour Adria (Technip) | _(cropped).jpg) |
155 (509) | 41 | 2002 | Office | La Défense |
| 22 | Tour Égée (Ernst&Young) |  |
155 (509) | 40 | 1999 | Office | La Défense |
| 23 | Tour Légende (Tour EDF) |  |
155 (509) | 41 | 2001 | Office | La Défense |
| 24 | Tour Ariane |  |
152 (499) | 36 | 1975 | Office | La Défense |
| 25 | Tour Dexia |  |
142 (466) | 36 | 2005 | Office | La Défense |
| 26 | Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile |  |
137 (449) | 33 | 1974 | Hotel | 17th arr. |
| 27 | Tour Défense 2000 |  |
136 (446) | 48 | 1974 | Residential | La Défense |
| 28 | Tour Europlaza |  |
135 (443) | 31 | 1995 | Office | La Défense |
| 29 | Tour Aurore | .jpg) |
131 (430) | 35 | 1970 / 2022 | Office | La Défense |
| 30 | Tour Eqho |  |
131 (430) | 40 | 1988 | Office | La Défense |
| 31 | Tour Les Poissons |  |
129.5 (425) | 42 | 1970 | Mixed | La Défense |
| 32 | Tour Pleyel |  |
129 (423) | 36 | 1973 | Mixed | Carrefour Pleyel |
| 33 | Tour France |  |
126 (413) | 41 | 1973 | Residential | La Défense |
| 34 | Tour Duo 2 |  |
125 (410) | 27 | 2021 | Office, Hotel | 13th arr. |
| 35 | Tour La Villette |  |
125 (410) | 36 | 1974 | Office | Porte d'Aubervilliers |
| 36 | Tour Prélude, Orgues de Flandre | .jpg) |
123 (404) | 39 | 1979 | Residential | 19th arr. |
| 37 | Tour Levant, les Mercuriales | 122 (400) | 33 | 1975 | Office | Porte de Bagnolet | |
| 38 | Tour Ponant, les Mercuriales | 122 (400) | 33 | 1975 | Office | Porte de Bagnolet | |
| 39 | Tour Franklin |  |
120 (394) | 33 | 1972 | Office | La Défense |
| 40 | Tour Sequoia (Bull, Cegetel, SFR) |  |
119 (390) | 33 | 1990 | Office | La Défense |
| 41 | Tour W |  |
119 (390) | 33 | 1973 | Office | La Défense |
| 42 | Tour Michelet |  |
117 (384) | 34 | 1985 | Office | La Défense |
| 43 | Tour Neptune |  |
117 (384) | 28 | 1972 | Office | La Défense |
| 44 | Pullman Paris Montparnasse Hotel |  |
116 (381) | 31 | 1974 | Hotel | 14th arr. |
| 45 | Préfecture des Hauts-de-Seine | 113 (371) | 30 | 1974 | Office | La Défense | |
| 46 | Tour Super-Italie |  |
112 (367) | 39 | 1974 | Residential | 13th arr. |
| 47 | Grande Arche |  |
111 (364) | 40 | 1989 | Monument, Office | La Défense |
| 48 | Résidence du Parc - Tour 4 | 110 (361) | 33 | 1974 | Residential | Bagnolet | |
| 49 | Tour CGI | 110 (361) | 32 | 2003 | Office | La Défense | |
| 50 | Tour Manhattan |  |
110 (361) | 32 | 1975 | Office | La Défense |
| 51 | Tour Eve |  |
109 (358) | 37 | 1974 | Mixed | La Défense |
| 52 | Tour Initiale |  |
109 (358) | 30 | 1967 | Office | La Défense |
| 53 | Tour Fugue, Orgues de Flandre | 108 (354) | 33 | 1972 | Residential | 19th arr. | |
| 54 | Tour Atlantique |  |
106 (354) | 27 | 1970 | Office | La Défense |
| 55 | L'archipel | 106 (348) | 24 | 2021 | Office | La Défense | |
| 56 | Tour Nuage 1, Tours Aillaud | 105 (344) | 39 | 1976 | Residential | La Défense | |
| 57 | Tour Nuage 2, Tours Aillaud | 105 (344) | 39 | 1976 | Residential | La Défense | |
| 58 | Tour Giralda | 105 (344) | 33 | Residential | 20th arr. | ||
| 59 | Résidence Antoine et Cléopâtre, Italie 13 | 104 (341) | 38 | 1970 | Residential | 13th arr. | |
| 60 | Tour Anvers, Les Olympiades | 104 (341) | 37 | 1974 | Residential | 13th arr. | |
| 61 | Tour Athènes, Les Olympiades | 104 (341) | 37 | 1974 | Residential | 13th arr. | |
| 62 | Tour Cortina, Les Olympiades | 104 (341) | 35 | 1970 | Residential | 13th arr. | |
| 63 | Tour Gambetta | 104 (341) | 37 | 1975 | Residential | La Défense | |
| 64 | Tour Helsinki, Les Olympiades | 104 (341) | 36 | 1974 | Residential | 13th arr. | |
| 65 | Tour Londres, Les Olympiades | 104 (341) | 36 | 1974 | Residential | 13th arr. | |
| 66 | Tour Mexico, Les Olympiades | 104 (341) | 36 | 1974 | Residential | 13th arr. | |
| 67 | Tour Sapporo, Les Olympiades | 104 (341) | 36 | 1974 | Residential | 13th arr. | |
| 68 | fr:Tour Emblem | 103 (338) | 26 | 1998 / 2021 | Office | La Défense | |
| 69 | Tour Chéops, Italie 13 | 103 (338) | 36 | 1970 | Residential | 13th arr. | |
| 70 | Tour Ancône, Italie 13 | 102 (335) | 36 | 1970 | Residential | 13th arr. | |
| 71 | Tour Bologne, Italie 13 | 102 (335) | 36 | 1970 | Residential | 13th arr. | |
| 72 | Tour Ferrare, Italie 13 | 102 (335) | 35 | 1970 | Residential | 13th arr. | |
| 73 | Tour Palerme, Italie 13 | 102 (335) | 35 | 1970 | Residential | 13th arr. | |
| 74 | Tour Ravenne, Italie 13 | 102 (335) | 35 | 1970 | Residential | 13th arr. | |
| 75 | Landscape | 101 (331) | 28 | 1983 / 2020 | Office | La Défense | |
| 76 | Tour Cantate, Orgues de Flandre | 101 (331) | 30 | 1970 | Residential | 19th arr. | |
| 77 | Novotel Paris Tour Eiffel, Front de Seine | 100 (328) | 31 | 1976 | Hotel | 15th arr. | |
| 78 | Tour Blanche |  |
100 (328) | 27 | 1967 / 2014 | Office | La Défense |
| 79 | Tours Citylights |  |
100 (328) | 29 | 1975 / 2016 | Office | Boulogne-Billancourt |
| 80 | Tour Cristal |  |
100 (328) | 29 | 1990 | Residential | 15th arr. |
| 81 | Tour Opus12 |  |
100 (328) | 27 | 1973 / 2004 | Office | La Défense |
| 82 | Tour Sequana |  |
100 (328) | 23 | 2010 | Office | Val de Seine |
| 83 | fr:Tour Totem, Front de Seine |  |
100 (328) | 31 | 1979 | Residential | 15th arr. |
Structures proposed, approved, or under construction
editThis is a list of structures that are either under construction or due to start construction soon. Structures are sorted by planned height. The Authority managing La Défense, the EPAD, has launched several contests for new towers in a large scale operation of renovation of the business district. Other proposed projects are currently being talked about in other municipalities of the inner suburbs such as Issy-les-Moulineaux, Boulogne-Billancourt or Saint-Denis.
| Name | Use | Height | Levels | District | Commune (municipality) |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| meters | feet | ||||||
| The Link | office | 242 | 794 | 53 | La Défense | Puteaux | under construction |
| New Tour Montparnasse | mixed-use | 232 | 761 | 15th arr. | Paris | approved | |
| Tours Sisters Tour 1 | office | 229 | 751 | 55 | La Défense | Courbevoie | approved but on hold |
| Tour de Charenton | residential, hotel | 210 | 690 | Charenton-le-Pont | proposed | ||
| Tour des Jardins de l'Arche | office, hotel | 206 | 676 | La Défense | Nanterre | approved | |
| Odyssey - Tour C | office | 189 | 620 | La Défense | Courbevoie | approved | |
| Tour Triangle | office | 180 | 590 | 42 | 15th arr. | Paris | under construction |
| Le Village Vertical | mixed-use | 180 | 590 | 42 | 13th arr. | Paris | proposed |
| Odyssey - Tour O | office, hotel | 176 | 577 | La Défense | Courbevoie | approved | |
| Tours Sisters Tour 2 | hotel | 131 | 430 | La Défense | Courbevoie | approved but on hold | |
| Tour Maestro | office | 125 | 410 | 26 | Saint-Denis | under construction | |
| Les Lumières Pleyel - Lot R3 | mixed-use | 120 | 390 | 42 | Saint-Denis | proposed | |
| Odyssey - Tour D | office, residential | 110 | 360 | La Défense | Courbevoie | approved | |
| Tour Seine | residential | 100 | 330 | 13th arr. | Paris | proposed | |
See also
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References
edit- Schaugg, Johannes: High-Rise Buildings: Paris, Books on Demand, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-8893-9.
- ^ "www.paris-skyscrapers.com". Paris-Skyscrapers. Archived from the original on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2007-05-16.
External links
edit- Paris area diagrams on Skyscraperpage.com: Diagrams showing the tallest structures in the Paris urban area
- Emporis page on the Paris metro area[usurped]: International database of highrise buildings (incomplete)
- Structurae: International database of structures (incomplete)