Tour Eqho
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Tour Eqho | |
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General information | |
Type | Office |
Location | La Défense (Courbevoie) |
Coordinates | 48°53′32″N 2°14′48″E / 48.89222°N 2.24667°E |
Completed | 1988 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 130 m (430 ft) |
Roof | 130 m (430 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 40 |
Floor area | 100,000 m2 (1,100,000 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Jean Willerval, Fernando Urquijo, Giorgio Macola |
Tour Eqho (also known as Tour IBM, and Tour Descartes) is an office skyscraper located in La Défense business district situated west of Paris, France.
Built in 1988, the tower, with a height of 130 meters, belongs to the third generation of towers in La Défense. The tower takes the shape of a parallelepiped in which a semi-cylinder would have been extruded on the main façade. Tour Descartes used to host the French headquarters of IBM Corporation until 2010. It now hosts a variety of companies with KPMG taking the most floors
See also
External links
- Tour Descartes (Emporis)