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 | |
---|---|
![]() Tour Eqho | |
![]() | |
General information | |
Type | Office |
Location | La Défense (Courbevoie) |
Coordinates | 48°53′32″N 2°14′48″E / 48.89222°N 2.24667°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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.