Tours Duo

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Tours Duo
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Tours Duo
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeHôtel, office, stores
Architectural style Modernism
Location51 Rue Bruneseau
13th arrondissement of Paris, France
Coordinates 48°49′29″N2°22′58″E / 48.8248543°N 2.3828466719522536°E / 48.8248543; 2.3828466719522536
Construction started2017
Completed2021
Owner Ivanhoé Cambridge
Height
Roof180 m (590 ft)
Technical details
Floor count39
Floor area108,000 m2 (1,160,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s) Jean Nouvel
Website
www.jeannouvel.com/en/projects/tours-duo/

Tours Duo are two skyscrapers designed by Jean Nouvel and located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, on the edge of the ring road and Ivry-sur-Seine. As of 2022, most of their surface is occupied by the group headquarters of banking group BPCE. [1]

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The mixed-use project covers more than 108,000 m2. It mainly houses offices but also a hotel, [2] a restaurant, a bar with a panoramic terrace overlooking Paris, [3] an auditorium, shops and green terraces. [4] The Tour Duo n°1, with 180 m, [5] is the third tallest building in Paris after the Eiffel Tower (324 m) and the Tour Montparnasse (209 m), at par with the forthcoming Tour Triangle. The whole is intended to complete the "belt" formed by several towers and high-rise buildings at the gates of Paris. [6]

Tours Duo under construction Tours Duo 2021 03 28.jpg
Tours Duo under construction

Work began at the end of March 2017, and the two completed towers were delivered in 2021. [7]

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References

  1. "Un nouveau siège en toutes lettres". Groupe BPCE. 24 March 2022.
  2. Les tours Duo ont pris forme dans l'Est parisien
  3. Les Tours Duo, une mixité d'usage dans un milieu contraint
  4. Portefeuille
  5. Signé Jean Nouvel, le projet parisien de tours Duo démarre sa commercialisation
  6. Ces chantiers qui façonnent le nouveau visage de Paris
  7. TOURS DUO, LES DERNIÈRES GÉANTES DE PARIS ?