Hello all

Here are two new proposal for Paris - La Defense (CBD)

edit : Cancelled

Architect : Philippe Chiambaretta
Tower 1 is 235m : 90000 m²
Tower 2 is 145m : 45000 m²


Here is the Top view
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2883/info2ys3.jpg

here is the old building which would be demolished
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/2338/ldxx0.png

Here are the renders

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1365/907844406_09411fa774_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1057/906993343_be4be14a2b_o.jpg
http://www.defense-92.fr/photos/pb22visu5.jpg
http://www.defense-92.fr/photos/pb22visu6.jpg
http://www.defense-92.fr/photos/pb22visu7.jpg
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4313/pb226cq1.jpg
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/3844/pb227ex5.jpg
http://www.defense-92.fr/photos/pb22visu4.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/KOOL_URB/TOUR5.jpg

Nice :D

The first render is amazing! One of the first towers (possible) new towers in Paris I really like, very nice.

wow, the design is wonderful. please build them!!!

Thanks for making a thread for this! My favourite project in Paris, I think they are great:)

cooool!!
and it doesn't look like it will be built!!

Very cool indeed - infinitely better than those two 300m towers that are proposed for LD.

Yes, very impressive... maybe even the best project in LD right now.

not my taste :ohno:

Twisting towers are everywhere. Getting very tired of them.

Bloody Hell! La Defense would look amazing. Those buildings are fantastic - like curvy versions of Jean Nouvel's Torre Agbar/Foster's Gherkin, but original all the same. Amazing.

Fantastic design and a perfect location in LD.

Veeeeeeeeery impressive. Congrats Paris! :okay: :cheers:

Twisting towers are everywhere. Getting very tired of them.

me to but I like the chicago spire:)

There are plenty of twisted towers, that being in style right now, but these are above and beyond most. They are part of the drive to attain the limits of what can be achieved with structure. What the hell, paris wil look insane in ten years anyway.

Quite awesome, love it.

Mmmm, I think that's a bit too much. It looks nice and modern, but it's too curvy from the other side.

Finally Paris is rising.
Those towers looks great and there is no twisting tower in Paris yet so... Good news ;)

Cool close up look, the details are rather good!
From further away, it looks a bit "try hard" again, but I guess LD is seeking a lot of attention right now.

All in all, it seems that the 3 biggies will vastly improve the flat Skyline and also the average level of quality of LD towers, whether we like them individually or not.

I really don't see these as twisting towers, I think they are a totally different, less-used style. Certainly more unique.

Nothing wrong with more twisting towers in the world though, I would love for London to have one:)

I don't like twisting towers, but those 2 are nice^^

I really don't see these as twisting towers, I think they are a totally different, less-used style. Certainly more unique.

Nothing wrong with more twisting towers in the world though, I would love for London to have one:)

God forbid!
No arch, no twist, just real classy, elegant, detailed, and high quality towers!

archi C O P Y

completely equal to ma yansong absolute tower: I have no words!

http://www.archinect.com/images/uploads/MAD_tower_03.jpg

I like the design, but it may be considered as an archi copy!
Designs should be patented, so nobody else could copy them, they could be similar but not that ^^ similar.

Lovely towers..:banana:

Spectacular… I like!

In my opinion, this design renews the image of the Defense of Paris.

:applause:

I like the design, its very natural en organic. The question is... when its gonna be build?

Fuckin' hell, if these towers get built, I will apply for a job in Paris! Absolutely amazing!!!

This may be Europe's best skyline!

some new / betters renders

http://grrroux.free.fr/misc/pb22_terrasses.jpg
http://grandparis.free.fr/PB22.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1156/902897978_efb339a3c1_o.jpg
http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/9165/pb22nd9.png (http://imageshack.us)

Amazing, any word on if they will get built?

Wow, this is incredible! The design is great. It will look great in Paris.

Beautiful

fantastic renders video must-to-see (http://www.dailymotion.com/pca3/video/x30khu_tours-pb22-paris-la-defense-philipp_creation)

That was a nice video!

As much static than animated renderings are just amazing but it's very hard to have a good idea of what the city would look like with these towers built. But what the heck, actually, I really hope they'll get built!

Copy or not, they are stunning. :drool:

Nice building, but it will ruin the setting of the Michelet office complex, mainly the 12 or so story buildings.

Those are beautiful towers. They would look ghastly outside of La Defense but wholly at home next to the other recent towers.

These computer-designed organic twisting do look very similar to a 50-storey condo tower that I believe is now under construction in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

http://www.gushmagazine.com/images/uploads/condo.jpg

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2006/03/29/tor-condo-tower060329.html

Wow, amazing design. Love it.

Its beautiful, but I cannot imagine it :)

Awesome! They must build these monstrosities!

wonderful towers..the architecture in Paris recently has just been wonderful!La defense might just become Europe's best skyline with all this new buildings!

Last render ever ...
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/4295/panoarchi02cs3.jpg
Video Link (http://rescubika.blogspot.com/2008/04/concours-tour-signal-la-dfense.html)

Sadly , this project seems to be cancelled due to its loose in the Signal Tower Contest .

Maybe it would rise again in the second part of the La Defense revival plan . (So not before 2015.)

The PB 22 Complex look like residential towers even though they are used for offices. They are on the site of two 12-story buildings that are connected to each other by 7-story buildings. There are three others in the complex, and we may have to eventually demolish them for a similar-looking project. And they are connected to the Michelet Tower and because of the connection, the 34-story tower is eventually demolished for a supertall skyscraper. I don't want to make the La Defense 2015 plan feel less significant, but I wouldn't want to demolish any of those six buildings, not even a 235-metre and 135-metre office complex that looks like it should be built in a city other than Paris. So please, don't build the proposed towers.

J'adore le projet, c'est prévu pour quand approximativement ?

awesome!

Wasn't that supposed to be dead?
I hope not but... Who has some actual n-e-w-s?

I hope the project is cancelled and will never rise again.

No words... :drool:

Nice tower :D

What an orgasmic design !!! Its a beauty !

very futuristic.

La Defense is full of "artistic", "risky" buildings that i dont think paid off. This one definitely looks more Parisian than other buildings there that look like Soviet Bratislava. Hope it turns out well.

This project is cancelled guys ...

Really awesome !

This project is cancelled guys ...

Could you give us a link? This was probably one of the few new Paris projects that I liked and now it's cancelled?:bash:

That sux! this is a very cool design!

Just like you guys,I loved this PB22 tower whose shape was very feminine and sexy.

Unfortunately,it was cancelled earlier this year...:ohno:

I was and am still really gutted,but there's nothing we can do about it.

To "comfort" you folks, there's a similar tower very likely to come true (approved this year) in London called "Crossharbour Tower":

http://www.wharf.co.uk/00Apr03LondonArena.jpg OR http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/intarch/2008/images/244.jpg

Bye!