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Tour Les Poissons is a skyscraper
Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition nor height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper....
 of mixed use, both residential and commercial, located west of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, in Courbevoie, near La Défense
La Défense

La D?fense is a major business district for the Communes of France of Paris, bordering Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of the city itself. It is centered in an oval freeway loop straddling the Hauts-de-Seine departments of France commune in France of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux....
 business district
Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In Australia, China , Republic of Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore and South Africa, the phrase is commonly used, and is often colloquially abbreviated to "CBD"....
.

Built in 1970, the tower is 128-meter tall. A huge cylindrical, 22-meter high, concrete barometer
Barometer

A barometer is an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure. It can measure the pressure exerted by the atmosphere by using water, air, or mercury ....
 was located on its roof, making its height reach 150 meters. According to the atmospheric pressure, the spire was illuminated either in red, green or blue. The barometer was dismantled in 2006.

The tower offers an interesting design consisting of the merger of a smaller black tower in a larger white tower.






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Tour Les Poissons is a skyscraper
Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition nor height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper....
 of mixed use, both residential and commercial, located west of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, in Courbevoie, near La Défense
La Défense

La D?fense is a major business district for the Communes of France of Paris, bordering Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of the city itself. It is centered in an oval freeway loop straddling the Hauts-de-Seine departments of France commune in France of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux....
 business district
Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In Australia, China , Republic of Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore and South Africa, the phrase is commonly used, and is often colloquially abbreviated to "CBD"....
.

Built in 1970, the tower is 128-meter tall. A huge cylindrical, 22-meter high, concrete barometer
Barometer

A barometer is an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure. It can measure the pressure exerted by the atmosphere by using water, air, or mercury ....
 was located on its roof, making its height reach 150 meters. According to the atmospheric pressure, the spire was illuminated either in red, green or blue. The barometer was dismantled in 2006.

The tower offers an interesting design consisting of the merger of a smaller black tower in a larger white tower. The first thirty floors of the building are made of residential apartments, the last ten floors are dedicated to offices. The difference between residential and commercial floors is visible from the outside since the office part of the tower has wider windows.

See also

  • Skyscraper
    Skyscraper

    A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition nor height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper....
  • La Défense
    La Défense

    La D?fense is a major business district for the Communes of France of Paris, bordering Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of the city itself. It is centered in an oval freeway loop straddling the Hauts-de-Seine departments of France commune in France of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux....
  • List of tallest structures in Paris


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