Herzog & de Meuron - Pyramid, Paris (Copyright Herzog & de Meuron)
Herzog & de Meuron - Pyramid, Paris (Copyright Herzog & de Meuron)
Plans showing a pyramid-like tower rising 590 feet ( 180 Meters ) above Paris - the first skyscraper to be built inside the French capital in 30 years -
Conceived by the Swiss agency Herzog & de Meuron - who designed the Tate Modern and the "Bird's Nest" stadium for the Beijing Olympics - the edifice is described as "a sort of Kheops' pyramid
The 50-story building will be located in the south-west of the city at the Porte de Versailles.
The privately-financed building nicknamed the ‘Delanoë tower’ is expected to contain offices looking outward and a luxury 400 bedrooms hotel looking towards the city center. There are also plans for luxury boutiques, a panoramic restaurant, a swimming pool, hanging gardens and a Babel-like "museum of languages of the world".
The tower is scheduled for completion in 2014 and is the first of six high-rise developments planned in the city.
Via: Telegraph.co.uk
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