TF1 Tower
Tower in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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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.
Avenue Le-Jour-Se-Lève, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
| TF1 Tower | |
|---|---|
Tour TF1 | |
The TF1 Tower and the Issy Bridge that crosses the Seine River | |
  Location within Paris | |
| General information | |
| Type | Office and studio building |
| Location | Quai du Point-Du-Jour Avenue Le-Jour-Se-Lève, Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Coordinates | 48.833889°N 2.260556°E |
| Completed | 1992 |
| Cost | €56.9 million |
| Client | TF1 |
| Owner | TF1 Group |
| Height | |
| Height | 59 metres (194 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 14 |
| Floor area | 45,000 square metres (480,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Roger Saubot |
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 Pont d'Issy.
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 Roger Saubot and built by the Bouygues group. Its construction was decided after a delegated project management agreement dated March 20, 1991 and authorised by the administration council on April 11, 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 1, 1992, from its former headquarters at 13-15 rue Cognacq-Jay. Thanks to a leasing contract, the TF1 Group became the owner of the tower on June 30, 2001.[7]
According to journalists Renaud Revel 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 15, 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 eighth season, 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 Christophe Nick'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 6, 2016.
