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[Editor’s note: Construction on the 42-story Triangle Tower began today , February 10, 2022, evidently surviving the community pushback described below.]

After more than a decade of financing snags, legal scuffles, and more than a soupçon   of backlash, initial work on the Herzog & de Meuron -designed Tour Triangle ( Triangle Tower ) is set to commence by the end of this year at a site near Parc des Expositions de Porte de Versailles in the 15th arrondissement of Paris . However, last-ditch efforts to block the project are underway.

While not exceedingly colossal at just shy of 600 feet, the 42-story pyramidal glass skyscraper is tall for Paris and would be the first high-rise tower to be constructed within the boundaries of Boulevard Périphérique, the ring road that encircles central Paris, since Tour Montparnasse. Also located within the 15th arrondissement in the southwest of the city, Tour Montparnasse was similarly met with widespread derision when completed in 1973 for being completely out of scale with the rest of the city and remains an object of scorn to this day. (Meanwhile, modern skyscrapers abound in La Défense, a sprawling, purpose-built business district located just outside of Paris city limits.)

In 2019, Tour Triangle’s developer, Unibail-Rodamco, scored a major victory when an administrative court upheld the lawfulness of a building permit first issued in April 2015, rejecting two appeals that had been filed against the nearly $800 million project. Now, the highly contentious vertical development, which is set to include offices, a luxury hotel, retail, and conference center, has finally secured financial backing from insurance giant AXA and can move forward. It’s worth noting that Tour Triangle, which would also include childcare and health/wellness facilities along with a cultural center, isn’t set to be completed until 2026—that’s two years after the Paris-hosted Summer Olympic games. The original project timeline had it opening well ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics as Expo Porte de Versailles, the largest exhibition center in Paris, is serving as a venue for the games.

“We designed Triangle for Paris and Parisians,” said Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron in a joint statement. “What we want to achieve most with this building is that it should be open to everyone and include the entire community.”

While Tour Triangle’s height—when completed it would rise as the third tallest building within Paris city limits behind the 690-foot-tall Tour Montparnasse and 1,063-foot-tall Eiffel Tower—has been at the center of the controversy, its trapezoidal form has also garnered unfavorable reactions. Agence France-Presse noted that while comparisons to I.M. Pei’s Louvre Pyramid are inevitable, the planned tower’s semblance to “a giant elongated wedge of Toblerone chocolate” might be more appropriate.

Speaking to The Telegraph , a British daily newspaper that by now is an old hat at covering skyscrapers that faintly resemble food,  Paris-based art historian Didier Rykner likened Tour Triangle not to chocolate, but to cheese:

“It’s like a big piece of brie in the sky that can be seen from everywhere … and that’s a problem,” he explained. “I prefer the real cheese.”

Meanwhile, the city’s left-leaning political factions have been left unusually divided on the project. While the Green Party has rallied against Tour Triangle and preemptively declared it as an “ecological aberration,” Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s center-left Socialist Party (PS) has avoided taking such a hardline stance and is largely supportive, noting that it will “be an asset for the economic development and influence of the capital” and generate “more than 5,000 jobs during its construction” per The Telegraph .

On the opposing side, Christine Nedelec, the president of the campaign group SOS Paris , explained to The Telegraph that Tour Triangle has “been a scandal from the beginning” and that constructing the building would be an “an economical and ecological disaster.”

SOS Paris pointed out that building the tower would require the use of three to four times more concrete and steel than a typical new Parisian building and that its irregular shape would significantly increase its energy consumption. “It’s like a boiler that needs to be on full blast at all times,” said Nedelec.

While opponents have been quick to label Tour Triangle as an environmental nightmare, its developers have touted its green bona fides, noting in a press statement that the tower will “incorporate the highest environmental construction standards targeting HQE Exceptional and BREEAM minimum Excellent certifications while offering best in class conventional energy consumption and a carbon emissions trajectory in line with the Paris climate agreement objectives.”

As for the final efforts to slow or altogether block Tour Triangle from moving forward, the Green Party is hoping that the results of a preliminary criminal investigation into allegations of favoritism by Hidalgo’s office toward Viparis, the company that manages the expo site at the Porte de Versailles, will put an end to Tour Triangle once and for all.

In a separate move aiming to at least temporarily kneecap the development, Philippe Goujon, the conservative mayor of the 15th arrondissement, recently announced his plans to present a formal request for the project’s postponement at the next convening of the Council of Paris from November 16–19. Per local media reports , Goujon, who has long been opposed to the project, has said that “the arguments put forward in 2008 to justify the construction” of Tour Triangle by former Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë are now “obsolete” and that the development “no longer meets the needs of companies that the Covid-19 crisis and the development of teleworking are leading to rethink.”

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The ban on skyscrapers has been reinstated in Paris after facing backlash over the proposed Tour Triangle building designed by Herzog & de Meuron, which caused controversy.

On 5 June, a height limit was announced for new buildings in Paris. The limit restricts buildings to 12 stories or 37 meters in height, reinstating the same planning law introduced in 1977 after the construction of Tour Montparnasse. This office tower, standing at 210 meters, was highly contested.

The 1977 height limit was in place until 2010 when former Mayor Bertrand Delanoë increased the limit to 180 meters for office towers and 50 meters for housing blocks. However, the height limit has been reintroduced as part of Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s Local Bioclimatic Urban Plan, which aims to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainable development in Paris.

The plan was prompted by the construction of Tour Triangle by Herzog & de Meuron, a pyramid-shaped tower that has faced backlash and delays due to legal and planning battles. The construction of Tours Duo skyscrapers also contributed to the council’s decision to limit building heights. The ban is part of a comprehensive “bioclimatic” plan for the city that Hidalgo hopes will ensure Paris remains attractive and pleasant despite rising temperatures.

Green Councilor Émile Meunier led the fight for the ban, saying “Now it’s the end of towers in Paris” and rejecting the idea that tall buildings are necessary for Paris to compete with London’s cityscape, “Because we never want Triangle and Duo towers again, because we have to stop concreting Paris and its sky, environmentalists have included in the future [local urban plan] a maximum height of 37m (12 floors), returning to the historic ceiling of 1977.”

Jean Nouvel said then: “This is not about undermining our heritage. But we have to stop thinking that Paris is a museum city. Paris is not finished… If vertical buildings can enrich the heart of the capital, why deprive ourselves?”

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Paris will see its first new skyscraper in nearly 40 years after the city approved controversial construction plans which have divided Parisians since plans were unveiled in 2008.

The Tour Triangle – or Triangle Tower – has sparked debate across the low-rise French capital since Swiss architect agency Herzog & de Meuron published designs for the 42-story tower block ahead of Paris raising the height limit on new buildings.

Inside, the tower will house a 120-room, four star hotel, a restaurant, a Shard-esque Sky Bar, and 70,000 square metres of office space. It should, Le Monde reported , create 5,000 jobs. At 180 metres tall, the Eiffel Tower will still rule the city's skyline at 300 metres.

The €500-million project will stand roughly the same height as the Gherkin in London and has been designed by the brains behind the Bird’s Nest in Beijing, the Allianz Arena in Munich and London’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. For most capital cities, the to-be tower would not be regarded as particularly imposing.

But Paris has historically kept its buildings low and classical. It has not built a modern skyscraper since the 1970s, when the 231-metre tall Tour Montparnasse sprung up – much to the horror of the locals, many of whom still consider it an eyesore.

Plans for the Tour Triangle were initially rejected by Paris’ city council in November 2014 but on Tuesday the huge glass project got the go-ahead from the same committee. There was a narrow majority of 87 votes for and 74 against and no abstentions, France24 reported .

The second vote was carried out in private after Paris’ mayor Anne Hidalgo dismissed November’s ballot as invalid, claiming inter-party fighting influenced the outcome. On Tuesday she tweeted that she was "proud and happy that Triangle could be born in Paris."

Paris introduced its height limit for new builds of just over 36 metres shortly after Tour Montparnasse was built. But it removed this in 2010, and citizens have waited nervously for its skyline to rise.

The Herzog & de Meuron building has always been opposed by French Green politicians who claim it is not energy efficient enough, according to France24. Residents living in the 15th arrondissement who will live around it are also reported to be displeased.

Back in November, a councillor who voted against the project, Danielle Simmonnet of the Left Party told Foreign Policy that the tower was “simultaneously megalomanical, anti-social and anti-ecological.”

Other critics said that the modern design jarred against the surrounding buildings, with Le Monde saying it “made no sense” standing “all alone” in the south of the city.

Others have argued that with a population of 12 million in the Paris metro area, skyscrapers are necessary to provide more space.

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La tour Triangle, cette pyramide d’une quarantaine d’étages censée devenir un symbole de la grandeur de Paris, va-t-elle vraiment voir le jour ? Treize ans après la présentation de ce projet extrêmement contesté, son promoteur Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield a annoncé, début novembre, que le chantier débuterait « d’ici la fin de l’année » à la porte de Versailles (15 e  arrondissement), grâce au soutien financier de l’assureur Axa.

La signature du bail à construction, d’une durée de quatre-vingt-trois ans, est intervenue in extremis avant l’échéance, fixée à fin octobre, date au-delà laquelle, en absence de confirmation, la ville serait redevenue propriétaire du terrain. Mais ce coup d’envoi officiel n’a pas éteint la polémique, loin de là, et le Conseil de Paris qui s’ouvre ce mardi 16 novembre avec un débat sur la future règle d’urbanisme sera de nouveau le théâtre de joutes autour de cet immense immeuble de 180 mètres, la plus haute construction, avec les tours Duo de Jean Nouvel, envisagée dans la capitale depuis l’inauguration de la tour Montparnasse, en 1973.

Sur ce sujet, les opposants sont majoritaires au conseil municipal. A gauche, La France insoumise et Europe Ecologie-Les Verts sont vent debout contre ce projet « anti-écologique », « aberrant », « héritier de l’urbanisme fonctionnaliste des années 1960 ». Plutôt que de bâtir encore des bureaux alors que nombre d’entre eux se sont vidés depuis la pandémie de Covid-19, les écologistes demandent à leurs alliés socialistes d’abandonner la tour Triangle, et de construire plutôt des logements sociaux.

« Excellente nouvelle pour l’attractivité »

La droite, dont certains élus avaient initialement soutenu le chantier, milite également à présent pour que cette tour « démesurée et anachronique » reste sur la table à dessin. Elle réclame la suspension du projet dans l’attente de l’adoption du nouveau plan local d’urbanisme « bioclimatique ». «  Ce bâtiment énergivore est le résultat d’une opération de pure spéculation immobilière, fondée sur des critères complètement dépassés au temps du Covid », plaident les élus Les Républicains (LR).

Ils rappellent, en outre, que le Parquet national financier a ouvert, en juin, une enquête préliminaire pour « favoritisme » dans ce dossier, après un signalement de la maire LR du 7 e  arrondissement, Rachida Dati, et un dépôt de plainte de l’association Anticor. « Il n’est pas envisageable de bâtir pour un siècle cette tour dont, en réalité, personne ne veut, appuie Maud Gatel (MoDem). Même la mairie n’en veut plus, même si elle ne peut pas le dire, car elle devrait payer un dédit important en cas d’abandon. »

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Herzog & de Meuron-designed giant Tour Triangle in Paris seems to be moving forward, but not without continued controversy

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Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the $800 million Tour Triangle is set to commence by the end of this year at a site near Parc des Expositions de Porte de Versailles in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.

Originally proposed in 2008, the building has been the subject of heated political debate and aesthetic controversy stirring supporters and proponents on both sides.

The controversy over the 40-story steel and glass building surely was anticipated; the French capital has had a 30+ year drought of buildings over 121ft. 

In 1977, a ban was put into place, shortly after the completion of the 689ft Tour Montparnasse, because Parisians feared that the city center would lose its existing urban fabric to skyscrapers similar to the Montparnasse.

In Le Figaro , Olivier de Rohan Chabot member of Safeguard of French Art stated: “Look at the Montparnasse Tower; it has crushed the Hotel des Invalides (housing Napoleon’s tomb). The monument was built to be grandiose. But what has it become? A dwarf. The tower ridicules it. In this sense, it’s a veritable attack on the beauty of the capital” 

The Herzog & de Meuron-designed Tour Triangle’s height when completed would rise as the third tallest building within Paris city limits behind the 690-foot-tall Tour Montparnasse and 1,063-foot-tall Eiffel Tower.

Also, other buildings in the business district of La Défense, west of the capital, are some of Europe’s highest skyscrapers (Lighthouse, Signal, and Hermitage Plaza towers).

Then, Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoë, strongly backed the project which is in his opinion “emblematic of Paris’ aura and dynamism.”.

Anticipated to create 5,000 jobs according to local officials, the mixed-use ‘Triangle Tower’ would combine street-level shopping with offices, a conference hall, and a panoramic restaurant above. Even its trapezoidal form garnered unfavorable reactions. 

Agence France-Presse, an international news agency headquartered in Paris, noted that while comparisons to I.M. Pei’s Louvre Pyramid are inevitable, the planned tower’s semblance to “a giant elongated wedge of Toblerone chocolate” might be more appropriate.

Art historian Didier Rykner likened Tour Triangle not to chocolate, but to cheese:

“It’s like a big piece of brie in the sky that can be seen from everywhere … and that’s a problem,” he explained. “I prefer the real cheese.”

Christine Nedelec, the president of the campaign group SOS Paris, explained to The Telegrap h that Tour Triangle has “been a scandal from the beginning” and that constructing the building would be an “an economical and ecological disaster.”’

SOS Paris pointed out that building the tower would require the use of three to four times more concrete and steel than a typical new Parisian building and that its irregular shape would significantly increase its energy consumption.

“It’s like a boiler that needs to be on full blast at all times,” said Nedelec.

The city’s left-leaning political factions have been left unusually divided on the project. 

The now Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s center-left Socialist Party (PS) has avoided taking such a hardline stance and is largely supportive, noting that it will “be an asset for the economic development and influence of the capital” and generate “more than 5,000 jobs during its construction.” 

Now with secured financial backing from insurance giant AXA, the giant pyramid appears to be moving forward.

In 2019, Tour Triangle’s developer, Unibail-Rodamco, scored a major victory when an administrative court upheld the lawfulness of a building permit first issued in April 2015, rejecting two appeals that had been filed against the project. 

However, despite the apparent green light, still, last-ditch efforts to block the project are still underway.

Green legislators on the Paris city council, who sit in coalition with Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo, recently denounced the plan as “catastrophic,” a “climatic aberration,” and counter to climate pledges that should be abandoned.

The Greens lamented the fact that the relaunch is “incompatible with France’s objective of halving its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, had been announced “in the midst of the COP26” climate summit in Glasgow.

The colossal (shy of 600 feet) 42-story pyramidal glass skyscraper is tall for Paris and would be the first high-rise tower to be constructed within the boundaries of Boulevard Périphérique, the ring road that encircles central Paris, since Tour Montparnasse. 

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La Tour Triangle, Controversial New Skyscraper to Grace Paris

The city of Paris is known for many cultural treasures, including a long history of architectural marvels. To maintain the city’s celebrated beauty, however, skyscrapers have largely been forbidden. Other than the Eiffel Tower, constructed in 1889, and La Tour Montparnasse, an office building erected in 1973, there are no structures taller than 121 ft that lie within the city limits. Urban planners selected this height, in part, to preserve views of other famous monuments including the Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dame . After 15 years of debate and delays, however, in December developers broke ground for a new futuristic highrise, resembling a foil-wrapped wedge of Toblerone. La Tour Triangle, at 42 stories high, is short by skyscraper standards, but a colossal monster to many Parisians.

Debates and Delays

Former Paris Mayor, Bertrand Delanoë, initially proposed the shimmering office tower back in 2008. At the time, Anne Hidalgo, the current mayor of Paris was Delanoë’s first deputy overseeing urban planning and architecture. In July of 2013, after myriad planning and legal issues had been resolved, a site was cleared in the southwest corner of the city, just inside the Périphérique , the ring road that encircles Paris.

Many Paris residents, however, were not happy with the prospects of a pyramidal superstructure on the horizon. Environmental organizations joined forces with politically conservative groups to oppose the tower’s construction. And, in November 2014, the City Council of Paris rejected the project. So began, a battle of tug-of-war with objections placing the project on hold followed by resolutions aimed at moving the project skyward.

Over the years, there have been allegations of favoritism, appeals to postpone, financial snags, and concerns that the triangular skyscraper is ecologically irresponsible. Philippe Goujon, the conservative mayor of the 15th arrondissement has been one of the project’s loudest opponents, arguing that in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, an office tower is no longer needed since so many people now work from home.

Powerful Backers

After more than a decade of snags and scuffles, construction is finally underway, backed by many powerful stakeholders. The prize-winning Swiss architects, Herzog & de Meuron first designed the tower in 2006. Their innovative geometric facades dot the globe and range from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Stadium to Prada’s Tokyo flagship store. Belgian contracting company, BESIX, also known for building the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (the tallest building in the world), is overseeing construction. Global developer Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield in partnership with the French insurance multinational AXA, is providing financial backing for the full €670 million price tag. URW’s asset portfolio includes many of the world’s most extravagant retail spaces.

Throughout the battle, these backers have been staunch defenders of the project. According to Herzog & de Meuron, the triangular shape is intended to maximize views for those inside the building while reducing the shadow cast on the surrounding area. URW assures the public that the building incorporates “the highest environmental construction standards” as well as “best in class conventional energy consumption and a carbon emissions trajectory in line with the Paris climate agreement”.

• Beijing National Stadium, designed by Herzog & de Meuron
• Burj Khalifa, built by BESIX
• Confluence, Lyon France, owned by URW

Onward and Upward

When initially approved, La Tour Triangle was expected to be completed well before Paris’ hosting of the Olympic Games in 2024. The expected finish date is now set for some time in 2026. When finished, the building will house a 4-star hotel, a conference center, office space, a daycare center, a cultural center, a medical clinic, shops, and restaurants. The project also includes the creation of an 8000 m 2 public garden, which provides a pleasant greenbelt between La Tour Triangle and its immediate neighbor, Le Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles . The latter will serve as one of the many venues in and around Paris to host Olympic events.

The developers have shown that they can convert office space to apartments if need be. However, such a transformation may be a ways off. Parisian office space is in high demand and many developers have been jockeying to fulfill this need. Another massive construction project, which proposed building the two tallest towers in Europe just outside of Paris, has been jumping through similar hoops since 2006. However, the tours jumelles were definitively canceled last month.

While I’m not informed enough to make a judgment about the project’s worthiness or its ethicality, I have to say that I’m a fan of the design. I love Paris and I don’t want to see it peppered with new highrises, but I think that La Tour Triangle is likely to join the long list of Paris’ many beloved architectural landmarks. What do you think?

Other Resources

• La Tour Triangle , Homepage
• France Inter , Tour Triangle à Paris : les travaux sont lancés
• Paris Futur , La Tour Triangle
• Challenges , Parc des expositions: “Paris a besoin de bureaux neufs”
• de zeen , Herzog & de Meuron’s Tour Triangle set to begin construction in Paris
• The Architect’s Newspaper , Herzog & de Meuron’s Tour Triangle is moving forward, dividing Parisians
• Architectural Digest , 10 Innovative Buildings by Herzog & de Meuron
• Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield , Asset Portfolio
• BESIX , Burj Khalifa
• actuHauts-de-Seine , Le projet des deux plus hautes tours d’Europe à La Défense définitivement abandonné

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Just like folks complaint about La Défense and now its a beehive we go for the shopping eating and business meeting of me. I am sure the Triangle will be a big success. Heck they did not even wanted the Eiffel tower lol!!!

Haha. Very true. Most people resist change but the French seem to be particularly vocal about such things. 🙂

In the end, I feel like such projects should have to overcome tremendous scrutiny before they’re undertaken. Hopefully, this one has proven itself worthy.

Oh the French like to yelled at anything but then go away lol!!! Its a national Past time like strikes!!

Thanks for weighing in!

You are welcome

Great. Now Tom Cruise will want to climb THAT…

Lol. I hadn’t thought of that angle. Yet, it seems like every travelogue about Paris includes a chapter about the iconic movies that have been filmed there. If ever a building lent itself to harrowing scenes of swinging rappel lines, this is it.

I hear he’s planning to travel to Mars, so he can climb Olympus Mons…

What a wimp.

Paris has a dedicated skyscraper district already (La Défense). By all means, this building should be built there. La Défense is a good compromise, allowing companies the needed office space while not destroying the central city’s historic views. What’s more, land is cheaper there than in the city.

There’s just one “problem” with La Défense: it’s outside of the city limits, so Anne Hidalgo can’t claim credit for anything built out there. So instead, she’s cramming this building just inside the Périphérique, so she can make this part of her personal legacy. So what if it will cost a lot more to build it there than in the suburbs?

And so what if the residents of the neighborhood are opposed? Bah, the 15th arrondissement never votes for her anyway!

But these kinds of cynical decisions also help to explain why Hidalgo is polling at 2% for the presidency.

Great comment James. I hadn’t thought about Hidalgo wanting the project within the city limits so that it could add to her legacy.

One downside of concentrating office space at La Défense is that it’s not centrally located. So it’s harder to get to for commuters coming from the south and east metro areas.

I can see the points of both sides here. The capital city of a modern country can’t be frozen in time like a museum piece. I seem to recall reading that people originally objected to the Eiffel Tower because it was too large and jarringly modern-looking (by the standards of the time). London has lots of tall buildings now and doesn’t seem to have lost its character. La Tour Triangle is at least an interesting design and not a blocky generic skyscraper. In a century or two it might be seen as an iconic Parisian structure as the Eiffel Tower is.

On the other hand, the area inside the Périphérique appears to be a pretty small part of the whole metro area. If office space is needed, it would surely not be too burdensome to build it just beyond, especially if there is already an area where skyscrapers are the norm, as James Mercier says. And the trend toward working from home instead of in offices is inexorable. Over the next decade a lot of the new building may end up being converted to apartments anyway (though I shudder to contemplate how expensive they would be).

I wonder if people in Giza in 2800 BC worried that the Great Pyramid was excessively large and would spoil the character of their city.

I don’t know what happened to your username, Infidel. I hit some magic combination of keys and your comment disappeared as well as my reply. When I restored, WP changed your name to Array? I’ll add my reply to your other comment in case you no longer see responses to this message.

Another question that occurs to me is: what is being lost in order to build this? I assume there isn’t just a vacant lot of such size in such an old and densely-inhabited city, so presumably some existing buildings will be torn down to clear space for the new one. If they’re just old generic apartment blocks and shops, it’s not much of a loss, but ten skyscrapers wouldn’t be worth losing one Musée Carnavalet .

Regarding the people of Giza, they might have been annoyed with the pyramid but they were particularly pissed off about being enslaved.

Yes, you’re right, Parisians have a reputation for opposing change–a quality that has pros and cons. As James says, Paris does have a skyscraper district, called La Defense.

La Tour Triangle is being built upon property that houses the Paris Expo, a massive exhibition space. My understanding is that in preparing the site, they only needed to tear down 1 out of 8 large pavilions.

That’s odd about the username….. the internet moves in mysterious ways. Well, it still links to my blog, so people will know who it is.

It’s a common misconception that the pyramids of Giza were built by slaves. Ancient Egypt certainly had slavery (though the ancient Hebrews were never there, of course), but the pyramids seem to have been built by ordinary laborers, not slaves.

Glad to hear no architectural treasures were lost to facilitate the new skyscraper.

Wow! Good to know about the pyramids. Charleston Heston might be the source of my misinformation. I feel I can count on your vast knowledge for setting the record straight. Thanks as always for your insightful comments.

Our suburban community, with nary an Eiffel Tower in sight, was torn apart some years ago between those who supported a slightly taller building than the usual and those who felt it would be the town’s death knell. Large structure built at edge of town; town gained less financially bc all but one developer had lost interest. Town somehow survived. Always tugs and pulls to change. I can’t say the austere triangle appeals to me, but I’m sure I could get used to it…

Thanks for sharing your town’s experience Annie. I live in a college town and while I don’t mind the tall buildings that have sprung up in the last 15 years per se, I am horrified by the fact that almost every one of them is marketed as a luxury dwelling for students. The facilities, however, are not what I’d call luxurious. For example, a 4 bedroom apartment where every resident has their own bedroom but the only shared space is a kitchen. No living room. And, the absentee landlord (not a citizen of city) charges huge prices–as if college tuition isn’t crippling enough these days.

The shape and design is not bad. And it’s enough “down south of Paris” to not mar any view. I do have serious doubts about the financial dealings. There is a lot of hidden corruption in Paris (or France) and the Socialists are no better than the others. I also agree with the argument of “who needs more office space?”. personally? In the days of home office, I would transform 30-40% of La Défense into residential housing. Solve Paris housing problems. Reduce commuter traffic… etc.

Great ideas Brieuc. You have my vote! 🙂

Thank you. I may run for office then.

Did I send my comment?

Got it. Merci beaucoup.

PS. Have a nice Sunday Carol.

Merci. C’est mon anniversaire en fait!

Demain? Super. Bon anniversaire. Many happy returns of the day.

Cake and birthday party underway. (Re-) Bon anniversaire

You’re right to keep an open mind. Most architecture takes a while to understand. I’ve heard Parisian commentary about rebuilding Notre Dame, and some of it is so retro it’s depressing. Do you follow this blogger: https://piermanparis.com/ She doesn’t post much, but when she does, she’s very entertaining.

Notre Dame is being restored so some of the complaints are surprising. When finished it will look the same only fresher. However, they are spending a fortune on the project. So, I understand those who question the massive allocation of funds when there is such great need elsewhere in France and around the world.

Thanks for the link!

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Tour triangle .

After the Tour Montparnasse in 1973, Paris is set to construct its next skyscraper- Tour Triangle, designed by Herzog & De Meuron. The project has been the centre of much controversy. Designed in 2008, the tower was rejected by local authorities. It will see completion in 2018.

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Tour Triangle is a 40 storey tall, 590 feet high tower, almost half of the Eiffel Tower. The tower was not accepted on grounds that certain government officials felt that it is unstable; several neighbours felt that it will overshadow their buildings. Adding to this was the fact that Tour Montparnasse was not widely accepted, and as a result in 1977 a regulation on the heights of buildings was imposed, limiting the heights of structures to 36 metres. Parisians felt that high rise structures will negatively impact the skyline of Paris and the historic ambience of the city. The restriction was lifted in 2010.

There is no denying that Tour Montparnasse seems out of context in the French Capital. However, the design of the Triangle Tower shows an entirely different picture altogether. Herzog & De Meuron have used the presence of the tower to reinstate the historic axis connecting Rue de Vaugirard and Avenue Ernest Renan and will also connect Porte de Versailles to the city.

The tower has been designed such that it will have no shadow. Even though this seems highly unlikely of such a massive structure, digital shadow studies of buildings suggest differently. The shadows of tall buildings move rapidly, rotating as the sun changes position, and not staying at one place for very long. In the case of small buildings, the shadow will only grow as the day advances and stay in one direction for long. Also, high-rise structures are stepped back inside after achieving a certain height, growing slimmer as they grow taller. The triangle tower seems to have combined the two principles. The architects claim that no part of the neighbouring area will be under the tower’s shadow for more than 40 minutes each day.

Wind and solar energy will power the building. It will be a mixed use tower with a 120 room hotel, a fine-dining restaurant, a bar and 70,000 square meters of office space. The architects have redesigned the scheme to include 2,240 square meters of co-working space, a day-care facility and other community facilities at the lower levels of the building. The tower is sleek and compact, and made of glass.

The total area is 92,200 square metre with a ground coverage of only 5259 square metre. The current density of Porte de Versailles is 0.85 and will rise to 1.10 once the tower is open. According to the architects the tower will only contribute to 3% of vehicular traffic in the area. Though 3% does not sound like much, it is still too optimistic to think that with an increase in density, there will be no change in the traffic scenario and the character of the city.

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Le chantier de la Tour Triangle débutera « d'ici la fin de l'année », avec le soutien financier de l'assureur Axa, a annoncé lundi 1er novembre dans un communiqué le groupe Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW). Un projet de longue date, entaché notamment de soupçons de favoritisme de la part de la mairie de Paris.

Après treize ans de polémiques, la Tour Triangle devrait finalement voir le jour, à l’horizon 2026. Elle sera construite dans l'enceinte du Parc des expositions de la Porte de Versailles, dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris. Le chantier débutera à la fin de l’année 2021 et durera 50 mois, a annoncé lundi 1er novembre le groupe Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW).

« La Tour Triangle sera un atout pour le développement économique et le rayonnement de la capitale. Le projet générera pendant sa construction plus de 5 000 emplois directs et indirects », estime ce géant des centres commerciaux, par ailleurs propriétaire du Forum des Halles à Paris. Le groupe de construction Besix, qui a déjà construit des tours dans le quartier d'affaires de La Défense, sera chargé des travaux. URW a fait appel à l’assureur Axa, pour collaborer avec lui dans la construction de la Tour Triangle. Au total, ce gratte-ciel de 180 mètres de hauteur et de 42 étages devrait coûter 700 millions d’euros.

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Cette annonce constitue une étape essentielle dans un dossier dont l’issue semblait incertaine. Un projet d’environ 500 millions avait été proposé dès 2008 par le maire de Paris de l’époque, Bertrand Delanoë, et l’entreprise Unibail. La multinationale avait rapidement exigé que la concession existante, qui lui confiait le Parc des expositions de la Porte des Versailles jusqu'en 2026, soit remplacée par un nouveau contrat qui n’expirerait qu’en 2063.

La mairie de Paris avait accepté de procéder à une résiliation, même si celle-ci l’exposait à « des risques financiers et juridiques majeurs », selon ses directions juridique et financière. Une telle résiliation peut en effet entraîner le versement d'une indemnité au promoteur, en l'occurrence le concessionnaire du parc, Viparis, une filiale d'URW. Comme l’a révélé le Canard enchaîné en août 2020, le montant de cette « faveur » s’est élevé 263 millions d’euros, soit exactement la même somme que celle du « droit d'entrée » prévu par la nouvelle concession.

Quelques mois plus tôt, dans un rapport publié en mars 2020 , la Cour régionale des comptes notait déjà que la Ville de Paris avait « accepté d’indemniser son concessionnaire [...] pour un préjudice non démontré […] Titulaire d’un nouveau contrat qui, de fait, succède au précédent, la société a continué d’exploiter les installations. Elle ne pouvait donc se voir indemniser de biens dont elle continue de disposer et d’un manque à gagner dont elle ne souffre pas ». Ce rapport – ainsi qu'une plainte déposée en 2021 par l’association Anticor et un signalement de Rachida Dati, maire LR du 7e arrondissement, en 2020 – a convaincu le Parquet national financier (PNF) d’ouvrir une enquête préliminaire en octobre 2021, pour « favoritisme ».

Dans les rangs des écologistes et de la droite, le projet et les accusations de « largesse » de la part de la mairie, ont toujours fait grincer des dents. « On est plus proche de la tour de Pise tellement cette tour penche à la faveur d’Unibail », s’était indignée en 2015 l’ex-chef de file de la droite parisienne, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet.

Le maire LR du 15e arrondissement de Paris, où s'érigera le chantier, Philippe Goujon, est également vent debout : selon lui, « l'ensemble des habitants du quartier » s’opposeraient à cette future tour, car elle « va altérer le paysage urbain ». Un point de vue réitéré le 1er novembre sur son compte Twitter où il dénonce un « projet pharaonique de bétonisation ».

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Construction of the controversial Tour Triangle skyscraper could begin

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After years of delays and controversy, it looks as if the construction of the Tour Triangle skyscraper, designed by the Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron , can begin.

The construction of the Tour Triangle has attracted a lot of criticism in recent years, and the mayor of the district that provides the site, Philippe Goujon, is still opposed to the construction of the unusual-looking building. According to Mr. Goujon, changed working conditions in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak no longer justify the development of such a building, but it now looks as if construction could start before the end of this year. The Tour Triangle would provide offices, a conference center, shops, restaurants and a hotel. If completed (currently scheduled for 2026), it would be the third tallest building in Paris.

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The most damaging incident to her career came in July 2020, when BuzzFeed News ran a story based on anonymous quotes from her talk show staffers. They complained of being penalized for taking medical leave, instances of racial micro-aggressions, and fear of retribution for raising complaints.

DeGeneres said that the perceptions created by those allegations destroyed her television persona. She announced the show’s end in May 2021.

“The hate went on for a long time and I would try to avoid looking at the news,” she recalled. “The ‘be kind’ girl wasn’t kind. That was the headline.”

DeGeneres said people started to think of her as a “one-dimensional character who gave stuff away and danced up steps.”

She then added, per Rolling Stone, “I’m giving stuff away…and I danced, then I was mean and they didn’t like me again. It’s been such a toll on my ego and my self-esteem. There’s such extremes in this business, people either love you and idolize you or they hate you, and those people somehow are louder.”

“No… It’s hard to dance when you’re crying,” she said, noting that she “had a hard time” and “didn’t get out” amid the scandal. That “funk” started to damage her relationship with Portia de Rossi. “She was watching it happen to me… she went through it with me,” she said of her wife of 16 years.

“I’m making jokes about what happened to me, but it was devastating,” she said. “It took a long time for me to want to do anything again.”

DeGeneres said that she “hated the way the show ended” because she “loved that show so much.”

Still, DeGeneres is getting back up. She revealed during the show that she has a new Netflix special to be taped this fall.

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Ellen DeGeneres says the toxic workplace allegations about her talk show took 'such a toll on my ego'

• Two years after her talk show ended, Ellen DeGeneres launched a stand-up comedy tour.
• In her set, DeGeneres addresses the ending of her show and the toxic workplace allegations it sustained.
• Despite joking about the situation, DeGeneres said the ending of the show was "devastating."

Ellen DeGeneres addressed the end of her long-running talk show "Ellen" on the first night of her stand-up comedy tour — and while she cracked jokes about the experience, she said that it was "devastating."

DeGeneres' daytime talk show, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," ran for 19 seasons from 2003 to 2022. It came to an end about two years after BuzzFeed News reported that some former staffers alleged the show was a toxic workplace , prompting an internal investigation and eventually an apology from DeGeneres.

But, as Rolling Stone reported, DeGeneres doesn't have any desire for "revenge," something that she commented on when an audience member asked her directly if she would seek out those who "wronged" her.

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"I don't know who wronged me," DeGeneres responded, per Rolling Stone. "I don't even know who these people are, so I can't seek revenge, but I really don't hold onto stuff. It's just not who I am."

The allegations in BuzzFeed's report, as well as other celebrities' testimonials about negative experiences with DeGeneres, contrasted starkly with the host's "be kind" motto.

Now, almost two years after the show's conclusion, she's launched her "Ellen's Last Stand…Up Tour" which kicked off in West Hollywood on Wednesday. And she's got jokes.

"I got kicked out of show business. There's no mean people in show business," DeGeneres joked during the set, according to Rolling Stone.

"The 'be kind' girl wasn't kind. I became this one-dimensional character who gave stuff away and danced up steps," she said. "Do you know how hard it is to dance up steps? Would a mean person dance up steps? Had I ended my show by saying, 'Go fuck yourself,' people would've been pleasantly surprised."

While DeGeneres made jokes about being ousted from Hollywood for the second time (the first, for those keeping score, came after she came out as a lesbian through her sitcom "Ellen"), she was clear in 2021 that she wasn't ending her show in response to the allegations. At the time, she told The Hollywood Reporter that she simply needed a new "challenge," and that she had already planned to end the show after its 19th season.

But despite the humorous approach, DeGeneres was clear about the impact that the allegations and ending of her show had on her.

"Honestly, I'm making jokes about what happened to me but it was devastating, really," she said, per Rolling Stone. "I just hated the way the show ended. I love that show so much and I just hated that the last time people would see me is that way."

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Nearly two months after reports surfaced that the 24-year-old was seeing Dominic Purcell before the actor began dating — and eventually married — her mom, Tish Cyrus, Noah acknowledged the alleged love triangle for the first time.

The singer clapped back at an Instagram troll after posting Coachella photos captioned with Lana Del Rey’s “Young and Beautiful” lyrics.

“Dear Lord, when I get [to] heaven please let me bring my man,” Noah wrote.

One of her followers referenced the Cyrus family’s alleged drama in a comment, asking, “Like that guy u and ur mom both have sexy time with?”

Noah replied, “I’m so sorry but will you pleeeeeass [sic] just choke on the fattest c–k. Just for a lil bit. Great thanks.”

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The Grammy nominee’s social media upload included PDA pictures with her fiancé, Pinkus.

Noah announced her engagement to the fashion designer in June 2023, gushing in a since-deleted Instagram post that “the greatest moment of [her] entire life was saying ‘yes’ to spending the rest of [theirs] together.”

The reveal came nearly two months after Tish, 56, told her Instagram followers that Purcell, 54, had proposed .

When the couple got married in August 2023, Noah and her brother Braison Cyrus skipped out on the ceremony to shop at Walmart .

Sisters Miley Cyrus and Brandi Cyrus attended the nuptials, with the former acting as Tish’s maid of honor .

While the family members have all refrained from commenting on People’s March report about Noah and Purcell allegedly “seeing each other in a friends with benefits way, off and on” before he dated Tish, Brandi praised her “unapologetic” mom in an E! News interview earlier this month.

“She’s really the backbone of the family,” the 36-year-old told the outlet of the “supportive” matriarch.

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Noah cyrus blasts troll with nsfw comment after family love triangle joke, noah cyrus blasts troll for love triangle joke ... 1st comment on reports.

Noah Cyrus has broken her silence on the love triangle rumors swirling around her family ... telling a troll exactly what he should do with his mouth after he cracked a joke.

The singer-songwriter fired back at a hater on Instagram who brought up a rumor her mom, Tish , "stole" her new husband, Dominic Purcell , from Noah.

Noah -- using some of her trademark deadpan wit -- replied in the comments by asking the user to please "choke on the fattest c***" ... bit a of nuclear response, we gotta say.

Could be Noah's totally done with the online drama ... remember, reports surfaced several weeks ago claiming Noah was initially interested in Purcell before her mom swooped in and started bangin' the guy.

Word is, Noah's still pissed about it ... even skipping Tish and Dom's wedding last August -- and, she even wore a Billy Ray Cyrus t-shirt that day in what many saw as a not-so-subtle shot at her mom.

Of course, we published photos earlier this week of Miley and her mom walking around L.A. together ... seemingly proving the two are on good terms.

Miley reportedly confronted her mom about the alleged love triangle ... slamming the whole thing as downright strange, according to People . But it appears they've come to some type of understanding since then.

As for how Noah feels about her mom these days ... she's not saying -- though she's clearly ready to go to war with anyone who wants to keep the rumors going.

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Ellen DeGeneres returned to the comedy stage Wednesday night for the first set of her “Ellen’s Last Stand…Up Tour,” taking significant time to address controversy around her talk show that began with an internal investigation of poor working conditions on the show as reported in Buzzfeed .

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Since the talk show’s conclusion, DeGeneres has kept a much lower profile. “Ellen’s Last Stand…Up Tour” represents her biggest entry into the public eye after two years, with shows planned through the coming months.

“For those of you keeping score, this is the second time I’ve been kicked out of show business. …Eventually they’re going to kick me out for a third time because I’m mean, old and gay,” DeGeneres told the crowd Wednesday night, referencing how her ’90s sitcom “Ellen” was cancelled after she publicly came out as gay. “It’s been such a toll on my ego and my self-esteem. There’s such extremes in this business, people either love you and idolize you or they hate you, and those people somehow are louder.”

A representative for DeGeneres did not immediately respond for comment.

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