The Phare tower, designed by the Californian architect Thom Mayne, is a gently sloping eco-friendly glass construction complete with wind-turbines on its roof, that will be the centrepiece of an ambitious overhaul of La Défense. Guardian l LeMon l BBC l discussion
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Ooohhh!
Aaaahhh!
I'm a big fan of Thom Mayne so I'm anxious to see more of this in detail.
It's about time they did something about La Defense. I was there last week and it's a miserable place with shitty commercial rubbish everywhere.
the building looks well cool but im not sure it suits to paris. anyways, it will be awesome.
uugh, doesn't seem angular enough to be mayne-ish. in any case, the renderings don't seem to do much, it seems to blow away the context, and cloud the previous axis of la defense from l'arc de triumph.
looks nice, want more details
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