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Tour Granite in Nanterre, France

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Tour Granite

2008 · Nanterre, Nanterre, France

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Office skyscraper in La Défense, the high-rise business district in Paris, France

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Tour Granite

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Office skyscraper in La Défense, the high-rise business district in Paris, France

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Tour GraniteTour Granite

2008 · Nanterre, Nanterre, France

Arnstein ArnebergArnstein Arneberg

1910-1961 · Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20081910-1961
PlaceNanterre, Nanterre, FranceOslo, Oslo, Norway
Place contextNanterre, Nanterre, FranceRepresentative site: Dovre Municipality, Dovre Municipality, Norway
Climate12°C · 14.0h daylight · 13 km/h wind8°C · 15.3h daylight · 7 km/h wind · via Dovre Station
FocusOffice building13 works in corpus
Architects
  • Christian de Portzamparc
  • Arnstein Arneberg
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Christian de Portzamparc

Notable works

  • Dovre Station
  • Bjerkvik Church
  • Viking Ship Museum (Oslo)
  • Oslo City Hall
Typologies
  • office
  • building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • museum
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • civic building
Materials
  • stone
  • concrete
  • brick
  • stone
  • timber
Carbon signals

Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Stone

Concrete, Brick, and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Brick
  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityAccess not recorded11 of 11 recorded works are publicly accessible
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