Tour de Lille

Tour de Lille
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Former namesTour du Crédit-Lyonnais
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeCommercial offices
Architectural styleModernism
LocationBoulevard De Turin
Lille, France
Coordinates50°38′20″N 3°04′34″E / 50.6388062°N 3.0760704°E / 50.6388062; 3.0760704
Construction started1991
Completed1995
Height
Antenna spire116 m (381 ft)
Roof116 m (381 ft)
Technical details
Floor count19
Floor area18,135 m2 (195,200 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators4
Design and construction
Architect(s)Christian de Portzamparc

Tour de Lille (previously known as Tour du Crédit-Lyonnais between 1995–2006[1]) is an office skyscraper in Euralille, the business district of the Lille metropolitan area.

Designed by Christian de Portzamparc,[2] this emblematic tower of the city of Lille is also called "the ski boot", "the flipper" or even "the L".[3]

116 m high, with an area of 18,135 m2, it is the fifth tallest tower outside of Île-de-France behind the Tour Incity in Lyon, the Tour Part-Dieu in Lyon, the Tour CMA-CGM in Marseille and the Tour Bretagne in Nantes.

The Tour de Lille overlooks the Lille-Europe station.

See also

References

  1. ^ François Mitterand et la Tour de Lille
  2. ^ TOUR CRÉDIT LYONNAIS – LILLE
  3. ^ Et Lille trouva chaussure à son pied grâce à Christian de Portzamparc