Tour Hekla is a 220-metre (722 ft), 48-story skyscraper in
Puteaux
Puteaux () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the heart of the Hauts-de-Seine department, from the centre of Paris.
La Défense, Paris's business district hosting the tallest buildings in the metropolitan ...
, in the
La Défense
La Défense () is a major business district in France's Paris metropolitan area, west of the city limits. It is located in Île-de-France region's Departments of France, department of Hauts-de-Seine in the Communes of France, communes of Courbe ...
district of
Greater Paris, in
France
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.
Named after the
Icelandic volcano Hekla, It is located in the
Rose de Cherbourg area.
It was designed by French architect
Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel (; born 12 August 1945) is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of ''Mars 1976'' and ''Syndicat de l'Architecture'', France’s first labor union for architects. He has ob ...
.
History
The building received its building permit in June 2016. Construction began in May 2018. Since completion in December 2022 it is the
second-tallest building in France, only surpassed in height by
Tour First
Tour First (previously known as Tour UAP between 1974 and 1998, and as Tour Axa between 1998 and 2007) is an office skyscraper in Courbevoie, in La Défense, the business district of the Paris metropolitan area.
The tower was built in 1974 by B ...
, the tallest tower in the La Défense district.
Cost
The cost of the project is estimated to be 248 million euros.
References
External links
Official website{{France-struct-stub
Skyscrapers in France
Buildings and structures in Hauts-de-Seine
La Défense