Tours Duo are two

skyscraper A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ri ...

s designed by

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 o ...

and located in the

13th arrondissement of Paris The 13th arrondissement of Paris (''XIIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''treizième''. The arrondissement, called Gobelins, is situated ...

, on the edge of the ring road and

Ivry-sur-Seine Ivry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Paris's main Asian district, the Quartier Asiatique in the 13th arrondissement, borders the ...

. As of 2022, most of their surface is occupied by the group headquarters of banking group BPCE. The mixed-use project covers more than 108,000 m2. It mainly houses offices but also a hotel, a restaurant, a bar with a panoramic terrace overlooking

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

, an auditorium, shops and green terraces. The ''Tour Duo n°1'', with 180 m, is the third tallest building in Paris after the

Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower ( ; french: links=yes, tour Eiffel ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Locally nickname ...

(324 m) and the

Tour Montparnasse Tour Maine-Montparnasse (Maine-Montparnasse Tower), also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a office skyscraper located in the Montparnasse area of Paris, France. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the List of tallest buildings and structu ...

(209 m), at par with the forthcoming

Tour Triangle Tour Triangle, also known as ''Projet Triangle'', or simply ''Triangle'', is a skyscraper to be built in the exhibition site Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles in Paris, France. Designed by the Swiss agency Herzog & de Meuron, it wil ...

. The whole is intended to complete the "belt" formed by several towers and high-rise buildings at the gates of Paris. Work began at the end of March 2017, and the two completed towers were delivered in 2021.TOURS DUO, LES DERNIÈRES GÉANTES DE PARIS ?
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13th arrondissement of Paris Skyscrapers in Paris Office buildings completed in 2021

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