Tour Triangle
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{{short description|Under Construction skyscraper in Paris, France}}
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{{Infobox building
|name = Tour Triangle
| address = 1 Place de la Porte de Versailles - 75015 Paris
|coordinates = {{coord|48|49|54|N|02|17|09|E|region:FR|display=inline,title}}
|map_type = Paris
|image = Triangle Janvier 2025.jpg
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|status = Under Construction
| groundbreaking_date = 2008
| start_date = 2022
| completion_date = 2026
|building_type = Mixed-Use
|antenna_spire = ~{{cvt|180|m|ft}}
|roof =
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|floor_count = 42
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|architect = Herzog & de Meuron
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|owner = VIPARIS
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|website = {{URL|http://tour-triangle.com/}}
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Tour Triangle, also known as Projet Triangle, or simply Triangle, is a skyscraper under construction at Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles in Paris, France. Designed by the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron, it will take the shape of a {{cvt|180|m}} tall glass pyramid with trapezoid base, wide from one side and narrow from another.
Description
Tour Triangle will be a triangle-shaped building that culminates at {{convert|180|m}}.Joseph Ayoub, [http://www.whitezine.com/en/design/tour-triangle.html Tour Triangle] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130209082230/http://www.whitezine.com/en/design/tour-triangle.html |date=9 February 2013 }}, Whitezine, 7 June 2012
The Swiss architecture practice Herzog & De Meuron, which had previously designed the 'Bird's Nest' Olympic stadium in Beijing, was chosen to design the project.[http://www.herzogdemeuron.com/index/projects/complete-works/301-325/307-triangle.html Triangle project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615030825/http://www.herzogdemeuron.com/index/projects/complete-works/301-325/307-triangle.html |date=15 June 2013 }}, Herzogdemeuron.com
In April 2011, VIPARIS,[http://www.unibail-rodamco.com/W/do/centre/offices-projects Office Projects] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218025258/http://www.unibail-rodamco.com/W/do/centre/offices-projects |date=18 December 2012 }}, Unibail-rodamco.com the project owner, was given the green light for Triangle.[http://propertyeu.info/index-newsletter/unibail-gets-green-light-for-eur-500m-triangle-complex-in-paris/ Unibail-Rodamco gets green light for Triangle in Paris] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328103136/http://www.propertyeu.info/index-newsletter/unibail-gets-green-light-for-eur-500m-triangle-complex-in-paris/ |date=28 March 2016 }}, PropertyEU, 6 April 2011Bridgette Meinhold, [http://inhabitat.com/projet-triangle-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/ Herzog & de Meuron's Towering Triangular Skyscraper Receives Green Light for Construction in Paris] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520092953/http://inhabitat.com/projet-triangle-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/ |date=20 May 2013 }}, Inhabitat, 4 September 2011 The tower site is located next to Porte de Versailles in the “Parc des Expositions” (southwest of Paris).
The plans for the construction of the tower were initially rejected by Paris City councillors on 17 November 2014. A second ballot on the matter by the Paris City Council on 30 June 2015 approved the building.{{cite news |title=Paris gives go-ahead for massive 'Tour Triangle' skyscraper |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20150630-paris-massive-tour-triangle-skyscraper |access-date=1 July 2015 |archive-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702022246/http://www.france24.com/en/20150630-paris-massive-tour-triangle-skyscraper |url-status=live }} Critics of the Tour Triangle had opposed the project because of its controversial height. The 42-story project is to be the first skyscraper to be built in low-rise Paris in approximately 40 years since the construction of the Tour Montparnasse.{{cite news |title=Paris approves controversial Tour Triangle skyscraper for construction |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-approves-controversial-triangle-skyscraper-for-construction-10356341.html |access-date=15 February 2022 |archive-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202025959/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-approves-controversial-triangle-skyscraper-for-construction-10356341.html |url-status=live }}
Architecture
Sustainability and environmental quality
Tour Triangle is to be a sustainable skyscraper: It was designed to achieve a high energy performance and reach the HQE and BREEAM certifications. It would favor natural light, and generate one-fourth the CO2 of a standard building of its size.[http://elioth.com/fr/2009/10/tour-triangle/ Tour Triangle] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629115448/http://elioth.com/fr/2009/10/tour-triangle/ |date=29 June 2017 }}, Elioth
References
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External links
- [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/3073973/Images-of-first-Paris-skyscraper-leaked.html Images of first Paris skyscraper leaked]
- [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/oct/07/triangle.herzog.demeuron.paris Paris Triangle: beyond the shadows of doubt]
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Category:Buildings and structures under construction in France
Category:Herzog & de Meuron buildings
Category:Buildings and structures in the 15th arrondissement of Paris