Tour de Lille
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Tour de Lille | |
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Former names | Tour du Crédit-Lyonnais |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Commercial offices |
Architectural style | Modernism |
Location | Boulevard De Turin Lille, France |
Coordinates | 50°38′20″N 3°04′34″E / 50.6388062°N 3.0760704°E |
Construction started | 1991 |
Completed | 1995 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 116 m (381 ft) |
Roof | 116 m (381 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 19 |
Floor area | 18,135 m2 (195,200 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 4 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Christian de Portzamparc |
Tour de Lille (previously known as Tour du Crédit-Lyonnais between 1995–2006[1]) is an office skyscraper in Euralille, the business district of the Lille metropolitan area.
Designed by Christian de Portzamparc,[2] this emblematic tower of the city of Lille is also called "the ski boot", "the flipper" or even "the L".[3]
116 m high, with an area of 18,135 m2, it is the fifth tallest tower outside of Île-de-France behind the Tour Incity in Lyon, the Tour Part-Dieu in Lyon, the Tour CMA-CGM in Marseille and the Tour Bretagne in Nantes.
The Tour de Lille overlooks the Lille-Europe station.