Tour Areva
Office skyscraper in Paris
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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.
| Tour Areva | |
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 Tour Areva (Formerly Tour Fiat) La Défense | |
 Interactive map of the Tour Areva area | |
| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | La Défense (Courbevoie) |
| Coordinates | 48°53′32″N 2°14′31″E |
| Construction started | 1972 |
| Completed | 1974 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 178 m (584 ft)[1][2] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 44 |
| Floor area | 102,500 m2 (1,103,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) ; Roger Saubot, Francois Jullien |
| Website | |
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Built in 1974, the tower is 178 m (584 ft) 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. [citation needed]
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.
