The EDF-GDF tower is an office building built in 1974 in the heart of the new town of Cergy

Cergy

Cergy is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commune....

, France, in the Cergy Prefecture business and administrative district.
Its architect is Renzo Moro

Renzo Moro

Renzo Moro, born in 1933, is an architect.After graduating from the École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich, Moro moved to France. He worked with Andre Remondet, Grand Prix de Rome. He then joined the Atea-Setap directed by Guy Lagneau, Michel Weill and Jean Dimitrijevic. In 1972 he was accepted as...

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The tower is 85.3 metres (279.9 ft) high, with 14 floors.
It was built to house the sister companies Électricité de France

Électricité de France

Électricité de France S.A. is the second largest French utility company. Headquartered in Paris, France, with €65.2 billion in revenues in 2010, EDF operates a diverse portfolio of 120,000+ megawatts of generation capacity in Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.EDF is one of...

 and Gaz de France

Gaz de France

Gaz de France was a French company which produced, transported and sold natural gas around the world, especially in France, its main market. The company was also particularly active in Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other European countries. Through its part-owned Belgian subsidiary SPE...

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In popular culture

The tower was used as a filming location in Henri Verneuil

Henri Verneuil

Henri Verneuil was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who enjoyed a successful career in France.-Biography:...

's film I... comme Icare released in 1979, starring Yves Montand

Yves Montand

-Early life:Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, the son of poor peasants Giuseppina and Giovanni Livi, a broommaker. Montand's mother was a devout Catholic, while his father held strong Communist beliefs. Because of the Fascist regime in Italy, Montand's family left for France in...

. This is the tower from which the shots were fired to assassinate president Marc Jarry.