Tour Eqho

48°53′32″N 2°14′48″E / 48.89222°N 2.24667°E / 48.89222; 2.24667Completed1988HeightAntenna spire130 m (430 ft)Roof130 m (430 ft)Technical detailsFloor count40Floor area100,000 m² (1,100,000 sq ft)Design and constructionArchitect(s)Jean Willerval, Fernando Urquijo, Giorgio Macola

Tour Eqho (also known as Tour IBM, and Tour Descartes^[1]) is an office skyscraper located in La Défense business district situated west of Paris, France.

Built in 1988, the tower, with a height of 130 metres, belongs to the third generation of towers in La Défense.^[2] The tower takes the shape of a parallelepiped in which a semi-cylinder would have been extruded on the main façade. Tour Descartes used to host the French headquarters of IBM Corporation until 2010.^[3] It now hosts a variety of companies with KPMG taking the most floors.^[4]

Bloomberg News reported that the building is nicknamed “the urinal” by real estate brokers because of its distinctive shape.^[5]

See also

• Skyscraper
• La Défense
• List of tallest structures in Paris

References

External links

• Tour Eqho