Tour Montparnasse
Paris, France

HEIGHT: 210m/689 feet
FLOORS: 59 floors
COMPLETION: 1973
ARCHITECT: Beaudoin, Cassan, De Marien, Saubot


Another parisian Skyscraper, France's tallest this time, european tallest till the completion of 1 Canada Square :

http://photos.minman.com/paris/tours_paris/tour_montparnasse/tour_mont01.jpg

http://ladefense.free.fr/montparnasse/montpar05.jpg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics02/mont03.jpeg

http://mishuna.image.pbase.com/u35/aruuska/upload/22862940.PICT2493.jpg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics02/mont01.jpeg

http://ladefense.free.fr/montparnasse/montpar14.jpg

http://ladefense.free.fr/montparnasse/montpar02.jpg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics02/mont02.jpg

http://www.tour-montparnasse.com/images/presentation/monpar2.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/paris07.jpg

Absolutely love the style of this building. Double thumbs up!

9.5/10

edit, oops nevermind :D

Another pic tho, so the post won't be pointless :
http://ladefense.free.fr/montparnasse/montpar01.jpg

Yeah not bad 8/10. What year was it built?

Originally posted by Homeroids
Yeah not bad 8/10. What year was it built?

It was built in 1973. Not bad for a 30 years old ;)

I've been there when i went to Paris last year (actually drove by it, i didn't go inside). It looks very tall coz there are no other tall buildings beside it. Very nice building, esp in person!:)

I rate in 7.5/10.

7.5/10

Sleek yet majestic. But not world-grabbing.

Monolithic architecture can be done correctly to convey a sense of strength - this is one such example.

8/10

G

7/10 for me.
It aint really that beautifull,but still it looks good :)

It looks ok. But anything tall in Europe is good. 8/10

8.4/10
I've always like this one...

It's ok...7/10

best skyscraper of the whole Paris

9/10

Originally posted by gojeda
Monolithic architecture can be done correctly to convey a sense of strength - this is one such example.


Ahem - this is a classic - love it

9.5 / 10

:D

tays

Simple but effective. 8.5/10.

i love it 8.8/10 . . .i use it in SimCity 3000 alot!!!;)

Originally posted by caledon1981
i love it 8.8/10 . . .i use it in SimCity 3000 alot!!!;)

I saw it first on Sim City 3000 and I liked it very much (it have an- other color there), but when I saw it on a photo I was disappointed because of the glass. If the glass was better it would get 9,5/10 but I give it 7,5/10.

[size=1]Originally posted by Polskafreak


I saw it first on Sim City 3000 and I liked it very much (it have an- other color there

Ditto. In SC3000 it is a light tan color, here it's black. Does it look tan under certain lighting conditions? In any case, I like this building, and it's design. I give it a 7.5/10.

Yeah the color can look different :
http://ladefense.free.fr/montparnasse/montpar12.jpg

http://ladefense.free.fr/montparnasse/montpar13.jpg

not very impressed......5/10:mad:

Bob like building :okay:

8/10 :)

It's ok...6.5/10

I always thought it was just a box, so a 6.5 because of the surprise effect.
No wait, a 7.0 because of the fantastic view you've got on top of it.

It is a taller version of Milan's Pirelli tower :)
It really lacks one or two sisters in the neighborhood :)

It absolutely sticks out and ruins the Paris skyline...:bash:

is a classic and very elegant. 8/10

Originally posted by Cyril
It is a taller version of Milan's Pirelli tower :)


There must be a second Pirelli Tower in Milan that I've never seen then ;)

9/10

It is one of my favourites in Paris. Nice building with a very nice view from the top of it.

http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/pix/fr/station/Paris_Montparnasse/tour_pm.jpg

Enjoy :okay:

Wrap it up, I'll take it!

8.5/10 I like how it stands alone, very impressive.

its in SimCity! 10/10!

I never really thought that this scraper was that special...7/10

european tallest till the completion of 1 Canada Square :
Hmm, really?
Palace of Culture in Warsaw and Lomonosov University in Moscow are both taller and were built about 20 years earlier.

Anyway it is too low 7.0

Originally posted by Look

Hmm, really?
Palace of Culture in Warsaw and Lomonosov University in Moscow are both taller and were built about 20 years earlier.

Anyway it is too low 7.0

In fact not really, It was till the completion of Messeturm, not 1CS ;)

diagram (http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/display.php?buildingname=tour%20montparnasse,%20palace%20of%20culture,%20lomonosov)

I don't consider them as taller, but that's my personal opinion.
(some could also say that in 1990, the political conception of europe didn't really include Poland and Russia ;))

Some could say that Poles know geography better than French.:D

9/10 France's finest. Simple yet effective.

And another view. What I like about this tower is the contrast between the old & new.

http://www.pbase.com/image/1964473/large.jpg

Originally posted by Look
Some could say that Poles know geography better than French.:D

Some could say that, but some could mention that i'm half polish :D (i don't speak polish tho)

Anyway, If you want a complete explaination, i meant that poland is an eastern country , it doesn't belong to west europe which was considered at that time simply "Europe" since there was the whole USSR and east thing., but I'm sure you don't need any explainations since I know poles know history too ;)

But still, even without geography, it's the same case as Sears / Petronas, I consider Sears taller than petronas, and I consider Montparnasse taller than russian skyscrapers ;)

great skyscraper! 9/10

well, its a beautiful structure..

When you stand in front of it , it looks much taller, than it actually is.
It may be no real beauty, but its impressive.
7.5/10

7.5 pretty good and good facade for a building 30 years old

9/10

i love it!! my new europe favourite:D

Not Bad !!
7/10

7 Pretty interesting for a 70's scraper.

nice building and tall (... for france) :D
9/10

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8.5/10

This is a classic.Tallest building in europe for many years.8.5/10

hmm.. i've seen something like this of same design in Brussels, it's uglier tho

is it a cylindrical shape?

9/10.

Its build one a strange place in the city, but that makes this one special to me. btw the view from this tower is awesome.

Pity they didn't keep building them this high...

Much better than most of the international style crap that was going up in the early 70's. Very similar to the commerical style which is in fashion at the moment, although the materials used for glass curtain walls and facades have improved considerably since the 1970's.

7.5/10

8

8.0

this is the tower where my skyscraper interest started. yes.. the memories. cant hate your first love, can you? 8!

I'll give it a seven... Never been a fan of curved walls, but the other side of the building is nice.

I gav eit 9, partly for the view from the top of the tower.
I went up this beauty in summer 2000, you have the most incredible perspective of the eiffel tower.
I have pics of this if anyone is interested.
Also, they let you go onto the roof, completely open air!
Much more fun than, say Tower 42 in London, where you can only peer out the window, and have a rubbish view of the gherkin!
And they have a wicked exhibition of construction pics by the cafe up top.

9.5/10

I think it's pretty much a nicely aging building. I could have sworn it was built in the late eighties. Nicely built, decent facade. 8

8/10

5.5

I like this one, especially the curved shape, gives it a nice sweeping effect.
9/10

5

Eh.. not a big fan of that building..

A landmark of Paris.

when was this skyscraper built?

Originally posted by SUNNI

when was this skyscraper built?

1973:)

its a 9/10

Doesn't impress me as much as most of the other forum-members......5.5/10

6.5

Massive, but notting to be impressed...

One of my most favorite towers!

10 definitely!

http://www.structurae.de/photos/64/montparnasse01.jpg

http://www.structurae.de/photos/64/montparnasse02.jpg

http://www.structurae.de/photos/64/montparnasse03.jpg

I love the way it shoots out into the sky from the lowrise buildings.

30years old?
Nice.........
But I don't like its color

8/10

Not too impressive....... :(

9/10


Really a great tower.

7/10

9/10

10 / 10
but it nver been Europe's tallest, becase MSU in Moscow, completed in 1953 is 30 meters taller

You mean it's 30m smaller but with a 60m spire ;)

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?5076252

pretty good for a 30 year-old building and also one of paris's landmark

obviously 10/10

Looks like a giant chocolate bar. 7/10

It's rather ugly but I'm gonna give it 6/10 because of its height and location.

10/10
great shape,wonderful location(and views from inside!),and a spectacular colour facade at the sunset...
what else can I say,this is one of my favourite buildings in the world!!!

It's ok. 6.5/10

I love that building; love the neighbourhood even more. The view of Tour Montparnasse rising above the foliage of the Luxemburg Gardens is a fantastic sight.
9/10

7.5/10
The facade dances with the light, and the slim mullions stand out well. It has good height, especially narrow side on, and the curves and indentations make it livelier than a plain box. It does have some sleek elegance.

BUT...
*SIGH* yet another, flat, dull roof...IMHO, one of the great banes of modernist architecture.

It is quite nice....a good shape

8/10

Definatly stands out in the lower skyline of Paris...I like the building ok, I feel like it deserves a 6

A reasonably good-looking skyscraper with one major problem: it's in the wrong location. It's overbearing and completely dominates that part of the city. If it was put in La Defense it would be far more appropriate.

The mayor of Paris is for new skyscrapers in Paris (commune of Paris)

so it could (big could) get some more towers around it.

so it could (big could) get some more towers around it.
3 or 4 towers of around 100-150m would give some much-needed balance to the area. At the moment this tower just sticks out too much.

9/10

As a 12 year old I set foot on this very building, eversince then I love skyscrapers.

9/10

not bad but it does not fit to low surroundings 6/10

5/10

10/10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I enjoyed the Sim City 3 model of this tower far more. This one is far to dark, 6/10

5/10

i like the building's curve and overall shape, which definitely makes it stand out among other skyscrapers from the international style era. but like what christian said, this building doesn't stand up to the sim city version of it, which shows the building with a more gold-colored hue. the building in its current state's a bit too black.

7.5

its a jewel...i just adore it 9.5/10

I like Montparnasse(but in Simcity 3000 is it more Lighter and prettier)




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Don't like it much, but for being european classic... 8/10.

very impresse in real life. Great view of Paris on the top where i am go in 2004

Bold, but dull, 6/10

"trés impressionant dans la skyline de paris "

dull , but very tall considering the place its in

Coming out of the train station and faced with "la tour " , is something to be remenbered .

The view from the top is the best in paris
(close second is l'arc de triomphe ,not mentionning the eiffel tower)



its major flaw is the effect it had on french people

A beautiful building for a beautiful city. I give it a 9/10. :okay:

Quite nice tower but in a completely wrong location. 5/10

Superb tower, 9

it's a great tower but i hope that it don't stays the french tallest skyscraper(after the Eiffel Tower)........

I like it very mutch.Very good desin espacially for his age.The only thing that I don't like is the place were it's build.In the middle of the Paris-center.I think it was beter if they build it in La Défense (witch didn't exist is that time but good).

This is ugly and beautiful all in one. I think it might have looked better a lighter color. Maybe it's the contrast between the windows and the pillar things on the facade.

8 for style.
4 for color.

= overall 6

9.5/10

8.

mmm not bad but dont fascinate me
7.5/10

9/10

A legend!

9.5

7/10

I don't really like the colour, 7.5/10

i like it 9/10

Ahem - this is a classic - love it

9 / 10

this is a really nice toer 8/10

9,5/10 Our tallest tower. Really impressive when you are arriving.
Isolated tower. Classical and efficient.

7 Yeah, it's ok

9/10

Quite cool
8.5/10

The tower it´s not that ugly, but its location can´t be worst...so 0/10

10/10

not bad, but not good either...5.5/10

7/10

Like this one a lot. 8/10 +1 for being built as far back as '73.

7.5/10

9.5/10 fantastic building. Its got height, more so because it towers (dominates) over all the low rises around it. The curve, the side indents, all of it works together to make a fantastic memorable package. Kudos to the french for not building a plain old box when that was the accepted norm and to give themselves a doozy of "Tallest Building in the Country" But today, for the country's tallest, for a country like France, it is rather sad.

7/10.

The tower it´s not that ugly, but its location can´t be worst...so 0/10

I agree... but i'll give it more 3/10 :-)

7/10

6.5/10

10/10 ... I love it!

9/10

One of the best scrapers in Europe 9/10.

7/10

I visited Paris in 97 and went on top of the unique skyscraper building and took a picture of Paris from there, I was carefull to include the Eifel tower in this picture. When I show the picture to my friends I said and this picture is of Paris FROM the Eifel tower, and many of them didn't pay attention.

I love this one,in simcity3000 it was also my favourite tower.
one of the best in europe 9.5/10

I like it 9/10

7.5/10.

8/10

best in France :D. and i love it, 9.5/10

8.5/10

9/10

8/10

9. stunning.

8.5/10 Looks great.

i'm partial towards dark towers. this one even has sleek curves and nice angles. 8.5/10

I dont like the colour. 6/10

7.5/10

7/10

4.5 / 10

a big disappointment.

3/10

I don't like the color, the facade, the roof and the overall shape and texture of this building.

:D 6/10

3 / 10

8/10

This tower is under in renovation

Montparnasse Tower Tallest skyscraper in France 1973 ....2009 :naughty:

Affreux!! Vies with the hideous Beaubourg for title worst building in Paris. The best skyscraper/s in paris is the Societe Generale tours in La Defense and in comparison this if simply ugly.

Montparnesse is early 70s hideousness. 4.

Kinda boxy and imposing. 6/10

9/10 very nice for +30 years old bldg

7/10

One of the best buildings from that decade. 7/10

I love this building. When I went to Paris for my 18th birthday I insisted that me and my parents went to the top. The view from the top floor and also from the roof are absolutely amazing.
Sitting in the cafe area with an ice cold beer looking over Paris was very special. It was also very refreshing as it was bludy hot whilst I was there. 10/10

J'aime tour Montparnase 10/10

Kinda outdated IMO...7/10

9/10 i love this building...even if it does look 110% out of place...

Simple and effective but parisians hate this building because it completely sticks out like a sore thumb in the city where it's mostly low rises except for la defense

10/10

8.5/10.

7/10 for tower love the design and the cladding is also really nice
-1000/10 for location it sticks out like a soar thumb

9.5/10

5.5/10

not bad 7,5/10

Dunno why but I like this one a lot. Could it be its good proportions?
I once gave it 8.5, but after last visit in Paris would give 9/10 :D

some years ago i read something about plans to destroy that tower. does anybody know something about that?

7/10

Some photos I took from the roof when I went to Paris for my 18th Birthday last year.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/IM000037.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/IM000033.jpg

Monster in Paris!!! xD

4.5

8/10

9/10

8,5/10

6/10

7/10.

8/10

its a great skyscraper, really. 8/10

8/10

I really love this building!

Not bad i like the style but it would be better in La defence than in the midle of Paris thought.

Nice, exept the colour

8/10

it sure is windy up on top, i nearly blew off :ohno: 6/10

Not bad i like the style but it would be better in La defence than in the midle of Paris thought.

Absolutely correct though of course it is too ugly for La Defense as well. It simply doesn't belong there in the heart of Montparnasse. it looks windwept and out of place.

Montparnasse district need other skyscrapers


http://webfiles.uci.edu/cfagan/ssp/euro/montparnasse03.jpg

http://webfiles.uci.edu/cfagan/ssp/euro/montparnasse01.jpg


http://img301.echo.cx/img301/3387/dsc009630jd.jpg

http://jrlegallais.free.fr/photos/villes/paris/tourmontparnasse/Tour_Montparnasse-20070203-001-Meudon-JRL.jpg

http://worldcuphistory.free.fr/vue-aerienne/gare-montparnasse.jpg

Old skyscraper, but still good !

7.5/10

nice one.8

8,5/10

I like this tower's slimmer side and it can look great at night with the space up red lights and the window lights. However, I have to be objective regarding the cladding, which could have been much better as in darker and more reflective (too often it's looking late-60s brownish) and the fact that they almost never turn on the big impressive lighting (seen it once in four years). Plus, the broad side is really unattractive and street level is terrible. If someone was ambitious, there is a lot that can be done to refurbish and improve.
6/10

imposing!

good but unfortunately not standing in La Denfense. 7

5.5

Fantastic building it would look so good in my city;)

5 ..

8.5/10. A true outstander.

But Paris woudn't be Paris without it. ;)
I love it location.

One of the best french skyscrapers :cheers:
I give it a 9/10 because it's the tallest too.

Its in such a strange location that i love it! I agree, paris truly wouldn't be paris w/o it! haha I really like this tower though, i originally voted a 7 for some reason but i think it deserves a 9

yeah not bad 8/10

7/10

10.
An icon in Paris.

Look like the monolith in 2001 a space odissey.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/3344465790_54dbf77d20_b.jpg

9,5/10

7/10

9. Very good building. Regards.

7/10

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2592/3895517245_d3478d2536_b.jpg

7/10

9/10

8/10

9/10

9/10

Terrible. The best thing of this tower is the panoramadeck on top, this is the only spot where you don't have to look at the tower itself. 3

shut up dumbass :)

you suck, and so does your tower :)

Paris's most distinguished and refined landmark. 10/10

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2699/4050915516_da2290708c_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4413343899_4d606b1bea_b.jpg

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9/10

8/10

8/10

7/10

I like this building.

9