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Coordinates: 48°53′20″N 2°15′06″E / 48.8889°N 2.2517°E / 48.8889; 2.2517
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Tour First
Map
Interactive map of the Tour First area
Former namesTour AXA
Tour UAP
Tour Assur
CB31
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeCommercial offices
Architectural styleModernism
Location1 Place des Saisons
La Défense, Courbevoie, France
Coordinates48°53′20″N 2°15′06″E / 48.8889°N 2.2517°E / 48.8889; 2.2517
Completed1974
Renovated2007 –2011
OwnerBeacon Capital Partners
Height
Antenna spire231 m (758 ft)
Roof225 m (738 ft)
Technical details
Floor count52
Floor area86,707 m2 (933,310 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators28
Design and construction
ArchitectsMichel Stenzel
Pierre Dufau
Jean-Pierre Dacbert
EngineerIosis Bâtiments
Main contractorGFC + Bouygues
Renovating team
ArchitectsKohn Pedersen Fox Associates
SRA Architects
Website
www.kpf.com/project/tour-first
References
[1][2][3][4]

Tour First (previously known as Tour UAP between 1974 and 1998, and as Tour Axa between 1998 and 2007) is an office skyscraper in the La Défense business district of the metropolitan area of Paris. Built in 1974, the tower stands at 231 m (758 ft) tall with 52 floors and is the current second tallest building in France.[5]

History

The tower was built in 1974 by Bouygues for the Union des assurances de Paris [fr] (UAP) insurance company. The building was 159 m (522 ft) at that time. Its ground shape was in the form of a three-pointed star whose branches were separated each by a 120° angle. This particular shape was chosen to symbolize the merger of the three French insurance companies that were at the origin of UAP. The tower was renamed Tour Axa when UAP was bought by the Axa insurance company in 1996.[6]

Large-scale renovation of the tower began in 2007 and was completed in 2011. The exterior appearance of the building was completely changed, with extra height added to the tower. The renovated tower, now known as Tour First, is 225 m (738 ft) at roof height, and 231 m (758 ft) including its spire, with a total floor space of 86,707 m2 (933,310 sq ft). It is currently the tallest skyscraper in France, only surpassed in height by the Eiffel Tower.[7]

Another Axa tower exists in New York City, US, which is 228.6 m (751 ft) tall; Tour AXA in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was completed in 1974 and is 104 m (341 ft).[8]

Usage

The audit and consulting firm Ernst & Young (EY) installed 3,400 people in the tower at the end of 2011, which occupies a total of 37,000 m2 (400,000 sq ft) spread over 36 floors.[9]

The credit insurance company Euler Hermes installed a thousand people on 21,000 m2 (230,000 sq ft) at the end of April 2012, occupying the 32nd to 45th floors as well as two floors at the podium of the tower, that is to say at its foot.[10]

In April 2017, the 240 employees of the head office of Laboratoires Expanscience (Mustela, Piasclédine 300, etc.) have moved into the 8th and 9th floors, covering almost 4,000 m2 (43,000 sq ft).[11] The tower indicates the next day's weather by lighting up in different colors.[12]

The Kwerk coworking space has been a tenant over two floors of the building since June 2017. It offers 390 spaces divided into open and closed offices, and contains a giant trompe-l'oeil library 11 meters high on the 11th floor. These spaces were entirely designed by the designer and co-founder of Kwerk Albert Angel.[13]

  • The construction renovation site in October 2008
    The construction renovation site in October 2008
  • March 2009
    March 2009

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tour First". CVU Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ^ "3 August 2012". Emporis. Archived from the original on October 8, 2015.
  3. ^ "Tour First". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  4. ^ Tour First at Structurae. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  5. ^ lefigaro.fr (2016-01-22). "À La Défense, la tour First rachetée pour 800 millions d'euros". Le Figaro. Retrieved 2019-03-12..
  6. ^ "First : la construction de la plus haute tour de France". le site internaute.com de la société Benchmark Group. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  7. ^ "La Défense: livraison de la tour First, la plus haute de France". Le Point. 31 March 2011..
  8. ^ "Tallest Buildings In Europe". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2020-01-27..
  9. ^ Nathalie Giusti. "La tour First se hisse au sommet de la Défense (diaporama)". le site du magazine Challenges (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  10. ^ "Euler Hermes prend unité 21000 m2 dans First". defense-92.fr (in French). July 15, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  11. ^ "Bienvenue". Laboratoires Expanscience (in French). 2015-07-30. Retrieved 2018-06-29..
  12. ^ "La tour First fait la pluie et le beau temps". leparisien.fr. 2017-01-29. Retrieved 2017-01-29..
  13. ^ Julien Chassagne (2017-10-12). "Kwerk : le poids lourd du coworking s'offre un nouvel espace à Paris". The Good Life (in French). Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-13..
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