Energy + Paris Office Building by SOM
Energy + is the world’s first large-scale, sustainable office building that produces more energy than it consumes.
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Famous buildings include the Eiffel Tower, The Louvre and the Pompidou Centre. Also worth checking out is the New Alesia Cinema by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture.
Major historic Parisian buildings include Notre-Dame Cathedral, The Pantheon, Garnier’s Opera House and Sacre Coeur in Montmartre. Major contemporary Parisian structures include The Louvre Museum Pyramid, Parc de la Villette, and the Institut du Monde Arabe south of the River Seine.
Villa Savoie, Poissy, by architect Le Corbusier, is a celebrated 20th Century house on the outskirts of the French capital.
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Energy + is the world’s first large-scale, sustainable office building that produces more energy than it consumes.
Tour Granite, La Défense, Paris, France, 2001 – end of the building work planned for 2008. Competition prize-winning entry. This development was under construction at time of writing.
Le Phare is to be the city’s tallest new building since the Eiffel Tower, height at 300m (990ft). For comparison The Eiffel Tower is 324m high Floor space: 175,000m²
Boulogne Billancourt, Paris office building, Trapeze Masterplan, France – design by Foster + Partners – French architecture: Boulogne Billancourt Paris
148 rue de l’Université, Parisian office building, France – acquired by Hammerson in 1999, the property was redeveloped in 2002: French property development
A thin argon lighting strip reinforces the ‘tension’ of the design, and creates at dusk and evening a ‘virtual ceiling’ across the landscaped courtyard.
Les Trois Quartiers, office building Paris – mixed-use development for Hammerson – Les Trois Quartiers Paris: French property development