Herzog & de Meuron's Tour Triangle skyscraper tops out at 180 metres in Paris
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Lizzie Crook
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Summary
The Tour Triangle skyscraper in Paris, designed by Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, has topped out at 180 metres (42 storeys), making it the third-tallest building within Paris city limits behind Tour Montparnasse and the Eiffel Tower. The trapezoidal skyscraper has been highly controversial and will retain its title indefinitely due to Paris's reinstated skyscraper ban.
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At 42 storeys, Tour Triangle is now the third-tallest building within the Paris city limits, behind only Tour Montparnasse and the Eiffel Tower.
It will retain this title indefinitely due to a skyscraper ban in the city, which was reinstated in...
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