Tour Montparnasse

The Montparnasse Tower ( German: Montparnasse Tower ) is a 210 m high office building in the Montparnasse district of Paris. It was built in 1969-1973 by the architect Roger Saubot and is 59 storeys after the Eiffel Tower the tallest building in the city. By the year 2011, the tower was the tallest building in France, he was surpassed by Tour First in La Défense.

Description

The 56th floor is a public observation deck and restaurant. The roof ( 59th floor ) offers an additional observation deck with sweeping views of Paris. The elevator ride, the fastest in Europe at the opening, takes only 38 seconds.

Criticism

The magazine Spiegel Online reported that the members of the site have chosen virtualtourist.com the building to zweithässlichsten the world. But even in the technical discussion, the building is controversial. The prominent Baukritiker Bruno Flierl writes about the building:

Others

Once in May 2005 was commissioned an appraisal on the use of asbestos in the building and set out in a technical dossier, the owners' meeting approved in December 2006 for the removal of asbestos in the common areas a budget of 110 million euros. The cost in addition to supporting the part of owners cleaning up their offices were valued at 800,000 euros per floor. With regard to the completion of the work, which coincides approximately with the 40th anniversary of the 1973 opened skyscraper, the lighting designer Régis Clouzet was tasked with the project of a new lighting concept.

The Montparnasse Tower - View from the Arc de Triomphe.

The Tour Montparnasse seen from below