TF1 Tower

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TF1 Tower
Tour TF1
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The TF1 Tower and the Issy Bridge that crosses the Seine River
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General information
TypeOffice and studio building
AddressQuai du Point-Du-Jour
Avenue Le-Jour-Se-Lève
Town or city Boulogne-Billancourt
Country France
Coordinates 48°50′02″N2°15′38″E / 48.833889°N 2.260556°E / 48.833889; 2.260556 Coordinates: 48°50′02″N2°15′38″E / 48.833889°N 2.260556°E / 48.833889; 2.260556
Completed1992
Cost€56.9 million
Client TF1
Owner TF1 Group
Height59 metres (194 ft)
Technical details
Floor count14
Floor area45,000 square metres (480,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s) Roger Saubot

The TF1 Tower (French : Tour TF1) is a building in the Boulogne-Billancourt suburb of Paris, used as the headquarters of the French TV channel TF1 and several subsidiaries of the TF1 Group since 1992.

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Location

The TF1 Tower is located at the corner of Quai du Point-Du-Jour and Avenue Le-Jour-Se-Lève in the Point-Du-Jour neighborhood of Boulogne-Billancourt in the Hauts-de-Seine department, southwest of Paris. It is situated close to the Pont aval and the Pont d'Issy.

Architecture

The TF1 Tower is shaped as cylinder covered with reflective glass. [1] It has 14 floors and an overall floor area of 45,000 square metres (480,000 sq ft). [2]

The direction offices are located on the upper floor. [3] A webcam on the top of the tower broadcasts real-time pictures of Paris on TF1's official website as well as in TF1's news programme studio. [4]

History

The building was designed by architect Roger Saubot  [ fr ] and built by the Bouygues group. Its construction was decided after a delegated project management agreement dated March 20, 1991 and authorised by the administration council on April 11, 1991. The construction was invoiced €37.1 million in fiscal year 1991 [5] and €18.8 million in fiscal year 1992. [6] The TF1 channel moved to the building on June 1, 1992, from its former headquarters at 13-15 rue Cognacq-Jay  [ fr ]. Thanks to a leasing contract, the TF1 Group became the owner of the tower on June 30, 2001. [7]

According to journalists Renaud Revel  [ fr ] and Henri Haguet, the new headquarters tower is symbolic of TF1's ideological shift toward productivity. [8] TF1 also uses the tower for advertising and displaying. [9]

On April 15, 2012, the façade was lit with a 45 square metres (480 sq ft) screen that enabled the news programme to be watched from the banks of the Seine River. [10]

In 1995, the tower was climbed with bare hands by Alain Robert. [11]

In 2005, the TF1 Tower was featured in the introduction animated short film of Arthur's one-man-show Arthur en vrai. [12]

In August 2007, an advertisement for video game Halo 3 showed the game's main character inside the TF1 Tower. Virals videos showed the character near the building's entrance and in the weather forecast studio. [13]

In the November 28th, 2008 episode of Star Academy's eighth season, a special credit video shows kids climbing the tower to reach guest singer Britney Spears who landed on the roof with a helicopter. [14] [15]

In 1997, the tower appeared on the title page of Pierre Péan and Christophe Nick's pamphlet named TF1, un pouvoir. [16] The building was also shown on the covers of the books TF1, une expérience (2006) [17] and Madame, monsieur, bonsoir (2007). [18] [19]

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  2. ↑ "Tour TF1". Paris Skycrapers (in French). Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  3. ↑ Bacqué, Raphaëlle; Chemin, Ariane (August 26, 2007). "Le quatorzième étage de TF1, la France en ligne de mire". Le Monde (in French).
  4. ↑ Babou, Igor (1998). "Des discours d'accompagnement aux langages : Les nouveaux médias" (PDF). Études de linguistique appliquée. Didier Érudition / Klincksieck (112): 407–420. ISSN   0071-190X.
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  6. ↑ Dominique Ledouble; Edouard Salustro (April 23, 1993). "Rapport financier 1992" (PDF) (in French). TF1. p. 19. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Rapport financier 2001" (PDF) (in French). TF1. p. 26. Retrieved December 7, 2001.
  8. ↑ Revel, Renaud; Haget, Henri (December 31, 1992). "TF1 Histoires secrètes". L'Express (in French).
  9. ↑ de Rochegonde, Amaury (July 6, 2006). "Régies cap sur le plurimédia". Stratégies (in French). No. 1421. p. 33.
  10. ↑ "Des Infos sur la tour de TF1". Le Parisien (in French). April 15, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  11. ↑ Alain Robert. "Escalades urbaines" (in French). Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  12. ↑ "" Arthur en vrai " à Tunis". Jetsetmagazine.net (in French). April 25, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  13. ↑ "Le Masterchief déjà chez TF1" (in French). August 20, 2007. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
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