Tour Saint-Gobain (previously known as Tour M2) is an office
skyscraper designed by
Valode & Pistre
Valode & Pistre (Valode et Pistre) is a French architecture firm founded by Denis Valode and Jean Pistre. It has its head office in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, with branches operating for over ten years in Moscow and Beijing, .
Based in Pa ...
in
Courbevoie, in
La Défense, the business district of the
Paris metropolitan area
The Paris metropolitan area (french: aire d'attraction de Paris) is a statistical area that describes the reach of commuter movement to and from Paris, France and its surrounding suburbs.
Overview
In 2020 France's national INSEE statistica ...
.
It houses the head office of the French company
Saint-Gobain
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. () is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris and headquartered on the outskirts of Paris, at La Défense and in Courbevoie. Originally a mirror manufacturer, it now also produces a variety of ...
. 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
Vinci (corporately styled VINCI) is a French concessions and construction company founded in 1899 as Société Générale d'Enterprises. Its head office is in Nanterre, in the western suburbs of Paris. Vinci is listed on Euronext's Paris sto ...
.
See also
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List of tallest buildings and structures in the Paris region
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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
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External links
Tour Saint-Gobain
Skyscraper office buildings in La Défense
Office buildings completed in 2019
21st-century architecture in France
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