The CMA CGM Tower is a 147 m tall skyscraper in
Euroméditerranée
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The project was launched in 1995 with the initiative of Mayor Robert Vigouroux
Robert Vigouroux (21 March ...
, the
central business district
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of
Marseille
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,
France
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. Designed by
Zaha Hadid
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid ( ar, زها حديد ''Zahā Ḥadīd''; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-British architect, artist and designer, recognised as a major figure in architecture of the late 20th and early 21st centu ...
, it is the headquarters for
CMA CGM
CMA CGM S.A. is a French container transportation and shipping company. It is the world’s 3rd largest container shipping company, using 257 shipping routes between 420 ports in 160 countries. Its headquarters are in Marseille, France The name ...
, a major shipping firm, hosting 2,200 employees previously spread over seven sites.
Zaha Hadid was selected to design the building in November 2004 and it became her first built tower.
It is intended to interact with other landmarks of the city including the
Château d'If
The Château d'If () is a fortress located on the Île d'If, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago, situated about offshore from Marseille in southeastern France. Built in the 16th century, it later served as a prison until the end o ...
and the
basilica
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of
Notre-Dame de la Garde
Notre-Dame de la Garde (literally: Our Lady of the Guard), known to local citizens as ''la Bonne Mère'' (French for 'the Good Mother'), is a Catholic basilica in Marseille, France, and the city's best-known symbol. The site of a popular Assump ...
, which stands taller than the tower on a rocky outcrop.
Built by
Vinci
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Places
*Vinci, Tuscany, a ''comune'' in the Province of Florence, Italy
*Vinci (Golubac), a community in Braničevo District, Serbia
People
* Alessandro Vinci (born 1987), Italian footballer
*Alessio Vinci (born 1968), Itali ...
subsidiary GTM Construction,
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the building has 20 lifts to service its 33 floors
and was completed in September 2011.
File:Tour CMA CGM de Marseille depuis endoume Sept 08.jpg, The tower, then in construction, seen from Endoume
References
External links
CMA CMG Press InformationCMA CGM Headquarters by Zaha Hadid photographed by Hufton+CrowThe CMA CGM Tower: a lighthouse for new shipping routes
Skyscraper office buildings in France
Zaha Hadid buildings
Postmodern architecture
Modernist architecture in France
Office buildings completed in 2011
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