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Tour First

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Tour First is a 231-meter, 52-story office skyscraper at 1 Place des Saisons in the La Defense business district of Courbevoie, France. Originally built in 1974 to a design by Michel Stenzel, Pierre Dufau, and Jean-Pierre Dacbert, it was completely rebuilt and heightened between 2007 and 2011 by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates with SRA Architects, emerging with an entirely new exterior. From 2011 until 2025 it was the tallest skyscraper in France, and it remains the country's second-tallest structure after the Eiffel Tower. Its facade lighting changes color to indicate the day's weather forecast.

Facts
Building Type
Office skyscraper 1
Location
La Defense, Courbevoie, France 1
Completed Year
1974 2
Height (m)
231 1
Partially Attested
Completed Year
2011 1
Originally built in 1974 as Tour UAP; the current tower is the result of a large scale renovation and heightening completed in 2011.
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Skyscraper 1
Connections

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The Skyscraper, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Modernist Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Tour First, Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: France, located there.
Sources
1. Tour First, Wikipedia
  • Lead section, first sentence
    is an office skyscraper in the La Defense business district of the metropolitan area of Paris.
  • Lead section, first sentence, location clause
    in the La Defense business district of the metropolitan area of Paris.
  • History section
    Large scale renovation of the tower began in 2007 and was completed in 2011.
  • Lead section, height clause
    231 m (758 ft) tall
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Tour First is a 231-meter, 52-story office skyscraper at 1 Place des Saisons in the La Defense business district of Courbevoie, France. Originally built in 1974 to a design by Michel Stenzel, Pierre Dufau, and Jean-Pierre Dacbert, it was completely rebuilt and heightened between 2007 and 2011 by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates with SRA Architects, emerging with an entirely new exterior. From 2011 until 2025 it was the tallest skyscraper in France, and it remains the country's second-tallest structure after the Eiffel Tower. Its facade lighting changes color to indicate the day's weather forecast.
  • In Style: Modernist Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Modernism
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2. Wikidata: Tour First
  • Wikidata Q1509747, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q1509747, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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Frequently Asked Questions

How tall is Tour First measured to the roof versus including its spire?

Tour First is 225 meters at roof height and 231 meters including its spire.

Tour First's renovated form reaches 225 meters (738 feet) at roof height, with the total height rising to 231 meters (758 feet) once its spire is included. The 231 meter figure, which includes the spire, is the height most commonly cited for the tower.
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