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Tour de Lille

Tour de Lille

Commercial offices in Lille, France

Tour de Lille (previously known as Tour du Crédit-Lyonnais between 1995–2006[1]) is an office skyscraper in Euralille, the business district of the Lille metropolitan area.

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Designed by Christian de Portzamparc,[2] this emblematic tower of the city of Lille is also called "the ski boot", "the flipper" or even "the L".[3]

116 m high, with an area of 18,135 m2, it is the fifth tallest tower outside of Île-de-France behind the Tour Incity in Lyon, the Tour Part-Dieu in Lyon, the Tour CMA-CGM in Marseille and the Tour Bretagne in Nantes.

The Tour de Lille overlooks the Lille-Europe station.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    François Mitterand et la Tour de Lille
  2. [2]
    TOUR CRÉDIT LYONNAIS – LILLE
  3. [3]
    Et Lille trouva chaussure à son pied grâce à Christian de Portzamparc
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