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Tour Défense 2000

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Puteaux, France

The 914th tallest building in the world

134 m · 440 ft
Tour Défense 2000
Tour Défense 2000. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Tour Défense 2000 is one of the tallest residential buildings in France. The tower is situated in the La Défense section of Puteaux, a suburb of Paris. The tower was constructed between April 1971 and November 1974. Its success as a residence was not immediate: two years into its opening only a quarter of its apartments had been sold. In comparison to the other buildings of La Défense, Tour Défense 2000 is relatively isolated, and thus benefits from a beautiful panoramic view. In total, there are 370 apartments occupying 47 floors, and the building is capable of housing about 700 people. Apartments range in size from 19m² to 140m².

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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