Tour Triangle

Tour Triangle
The tower in July 2025
Tour Triangle is located in Paris
Tour Triangle
Location within Paris
General information
StatusUnder construction
TypeMixed-use
Location1 Place de la Porte de Versailles
75015 Paris
Coordinates48°49′54″N 02°17′09″E / 48.83167°N 2.28583°E / 48.83167; 2.28583
Groundbreaking2008
Construction started
2022
Completed
2026
OwnerVIPARIS
Height
Antenna spire~180 m (590 ft)
Technical details
Floor count42
Design and construction
ArchitectHerzog & de Meuron
Website
tour-triangle.com

The Tour Triangle (French pronunciation: [tuʁ tʁiɑ̃ɡl]; lit. 'Triangle Tower'; also known as the Projet Triangle, or simply Triangle during the planning phase) is an under-construction skyscraper at the Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles in Paris's Rive Gauche, France. Designed by the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron, it takes the shape of a 180 m (590 ft) tall glass pyramid with trapezoid base, wide from one side and narrow from another.

Description

The Tour Triangle seen from Saint-Cloud in April 2026

The Tour Triangle will be a triangle-shaped building that culminates at 180 metres (590 ft).

The Swiss architecture practice Herzog & de Meuron, which had previously designed the 'Bird's Nest' Olympic stadium in Beijing, was chosen to design the project.

In April 2011, VIPARIS, the project owner, was given the green light for Triangle. The tower site is located next to Porte de Versailles in the Parc des Expositions (southwest of Paris).

The plans for the construction of the tower were initially rejected by Paris councillors on 17 November 2014. A second ballot on the matter by the Paris Council on 30 June 2015 approved the building. Critics of the Tour Triangle had opposed the project because of its controversial height. The 42-story project is to be the first skyscraper to be built in low-rise Paris in approximately 40 years since the construction of Tour Montparnasse.

Architecture

Being 42 floors high, it is designed to accommodate about 5,000 employees and host offices, street-level shops, panoramic observatories and a panoramic restaurant on the top floor.

Sustainability and environmental quality

The Tour Triangle is to be a sustainable skyscraper: It was designed to achieve a high energy performance and reach the HQE and BREEAM certifications. It would favor natural light, and generate one-fourth the CO2 of a standard building of its size.

References

  1. 1 2 Joseph Ayoub, Tour Triangle Deprecated link archived 9 February 2013 at archive.today, Whitezine, 7 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Triangle project Archived 15 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Herzogdemeuron.com
  3. ↑ Office Projects Archived 18 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Unibail-rodamco.com
  4. ↑ Unibail-Rodamco gets green light for Triangle in Paris Archived 28 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, PropertyEU, 6 April 2011
  5. ↑ Bridgette Meinhold, Herzog & de Meuron's Towering Triangular Skyscraper Receives Green Light for Construction in Paris Archived 20 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Inhabitat, 4 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "Paris gives go-ahead for massive 'Tour Triangle' skyscraper". Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Paris approves controversial Tour Triangle skyscraper for construction". Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  8. ↑ Tour Triangle Archived 29 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Elioth