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Tour Saint-Gobain
Tour Saint-Gobain (previously known as Tour M2) is an office skyscraper designed by Valode & Pistre in Courbevoie, in La Défense, the business district of the Paris metropolitan area. It houses the head office of the French company Saint-Gobain. It measures in height from the Parvis de la Défense and from the ground. The first stone was laid on 19 April 2017 by Pierre-André de Chalendar, the chairman and CEO of Saint-Gobain, Gabriele Galateri di Genola, the chairman of Generali, and Xavier Huillard, the chairman and CEO of Vinci SA. See also * List of tallest buildings and structures in the Paris region * List of tallest buildings in France For non-building structures like towers, masts and chimneys, see List of tallest structures in France Tallest buildings Tallest buildings under construction Tallest proposed/approved buildings References {{TBSW Lis ... References External links Tour Saint-Gobain Skyscraper office buildings in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Défense
La Défense () is a major business district in France, located west of the city limits of Paris. It is part of the Paris metropolitan area in the Île-de-France region, located in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in the communes of Courbevoie, La Garenne-Colombes, Nanterre, and Puteaux. La Défense is Europe's largest purpose-built business district, covering , for 180,000 daily workers, with 72 glass and steel buildings (of which 19 are completed skyscrapers), and of office space. Around its Grande Arche and esplanade ("le Parvis"), La Défense contains many of the Paris urban area's tallest high-rises. Les Quatre Temps, a large shopping mall in La Défense, has 220 stores, 48 restaurants and a 24-screen movie theatre. The district is located at the westernmost extremity of the ''Axe historique'' ("historical axis") of Paris, which starts at the Louvre in Central Paris and continues along the Champs-Élysées, well beyond the Arc de Triomphe along the Avenue de la Grande A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-André De Chalendar
Pierre-André de Chalendar (born 12 April 1958) is a French businessman. He is Chairman and CEO of Saint-Gobain Group since 3 June 2010 and CEO since June 2007. Biography Early life Pierre-André de Chalendar was born on 12 April 1958 in Vichy. He graduated from ESSEC Business school in 1979 and the École nationale d'administration (ENA) in 1983 (promotion Solidarity). Career De Chalendar began his career at the General Inspection of Finance (IGF) from 1983 to 1987. He became Financial Inspector in 1984, Project manager from 1987 to 1988 and Deputy Director from 1988 to 1989 in the General Directorate for Energy and raw materials of the Ministry of Industry and Energy. On 1 October 1989 De Chalendar joined Saint-Gobain as Vice-President Corporate Planning. From 1989 to 1992, he served as its Vice-President for Corporate Planning. He then served as Corporate Vice President of Saint-Gobain Corp. (USA) and Managing Director of Norton Abrasives Europe from 1992 to 1996, President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyscraper Office Buildings In La Défense
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-rise buildings. Historically, the term first referred to buildings with between 10 and 20 stories when these types of buildings began to be constructed in the 1880s. Skyscrapers may host offices, hotels, residential spaces, and retail spaces. One common feature of skyscrapers is having a steel frame that supports curtain walls. These curtain walls either bear on the framework below or are suspended from the framework above, rather than resting on load-bearing walls of conventional construction. Some early skyscrapers have a steel frame that enables the construction of load-bearing walls taller than of those made of reinforced concrete. Modern skyscrapers' walls are not load-bearing, and most skyscrapers are characterised by large surface ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tallest Buildings In France
For non-building structures like towers, masts and chimneys, see List of tallest structures in France An incomplete list of the tallest structures in France. The list contains all types of structures, may be incomplete and should be expanded. Overseas territories of France See also * List of tallest buildings in France * List of tallest bu ... Tallest buildings Tallest buildings under construction Tallest proposed/approved buildings References {{TBSW * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
