Tour Eqho
Tour Eqho (also known as Tour IBM, and Tour Descartes[1]) is an office skyscraper located in La Défense business district situated west of Paris, France.
| Tour Eqho | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | La Défense (Courbevoie) |
| Coordinates | 48°53′32″N 2°14′48″E |
| Completed | 1988 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Roof | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 40 |
| Floor area | 100,000 m2 (1,100,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Jean Willerval, Fernando Urquijo, Giorgio Macola |
Built in 1988, the tower, with a height of 130 metres, belongs to the third generation of towers in La Défense.[2] The tower takes the shape of a parallelepiped in which a semi-cylinder would have been extruded on the main façade. Tour Descartes used to host the French headquarters of IBM Corporation until 2010.[3] It now hosts a variety of companies with KPMG taking the most floors.[4]
Bloomberg News reported that the building is nicknamed “the urinal” by real estate brokers because of its distinctive shape.[5]
References
- KPMG a pris ses marques dans la tour Eqho
- Tour Eqho
- EQHO : encore une tour métamorphosée à la Défense.
- La Défense : le cabinet d'audit KPMG a choisi une ambiance zen
- Sidders, Jack (27 July 2023). "Property Pain From Canary Wharf to Mainhattan Has Only Just Begun". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
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