Hermitage Towers
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Hermitage Plaza is a project of two skyscrapers in the La Défense
business district outside Paris
. The project was revealed by Norman Foster
, on March 11, 2009 at the MIPIM (architecture's congress) which took place in Cannes, France. The skyscrapers have been revealed - the tallest is to be 323 m (1,059.7 ft) high with 93 floors. Hermitage Plaza after completion in 2016 will become the tallest building in the European Union
. Hermitage SAS had originally proposed a different design, by Jacques Ferrier, which was running for the Tour Signal
contest. The Tour Signal contest was won by Jean Nouvel
's project but Hermitage SAS tried to have its towers built anyway. This was possible because Tour Signal's location was free and Ferrier's project was not planned to be at the same place as Nouvel's from the beginning. However Hermitage SAS and Ferrier were soon at odds over undisclosed points and Ferrier left the project; Hermitage SAS then announced it would order a new design from Norman Foster, which became the currently known one.
It is scheduled to start by 2011 and to be completed by 2016. This is close but Hermitage SAS claims to have secured the financing from its previous design.
La Défense
La Défense is a major business district of the Paris aire urbaine. With a population of 20,000, it is centered in an orbital motorway straddling the Hauts-de-Seine département municipalities of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux...
business district outside Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. The project was revealed by Norman Foster
Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM is a British architect whose company maintains an international design practice, Foster + Partners....
, on March 11, 2009 at the MIPIM (architecture's congress) which took place in Cannes, France. The skyscrapers have been revealed - the tallest is to be 323 m (1,059.7 ft) high with 93 floors. Hermitage Plaza after completion in 2016 will become the tallest building in the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
. Hermitage SAS had originally proposed a different design, by Jacques Ferrier, which was running for the Tour Signal
Tour Signal
Tour Signal was a proposed skyscraper in La Défense and in Puteaux, France.Medea and Layetana were the developers with Ateliers Jean Nouvel as architects....
contest. The Tour Signal contest was won by Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l'Architecture...
's project but Hermitage SAS tried to have its towers built anyway. This was possible because Tour Signal's location was free and Ferrier's project was not planned to be at the same place as Nouvel's from the beginning. However Hermitage SAS and Ferrier were soon at odds over undisclosed points and Ferrier left the project; Hermitage SAS then announced it would order a new design from Norman Foster, which became the currently known one.
It is scheduled to start by 2011 and to be completed by 2016. This is close but Hermitage SAS claims to have secured the financing from its previous design.