Tour de Lille
Commercial offices in Lille, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Commercial offices in Lille, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for geographic features. (May 2021) |
Tour de Lille | |
---|---|
Former names | Tour du Crédit-Lyonnais |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Commercial offices |
Architectural style | Modernism |
Location | Boulevard De Turin Lille, France |
Coordinates | 50.6388062°N 3.0760704°E |
Construction started | 1991 |
Completed | 1995 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 116 m (381 ft) |
Roof | 116 m (381 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 19 |
Floor area | 18,135 m2 (195,200 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 4 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Christian de Portzamparc |
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.
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.