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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

Nanterre, Nanterre, France · Exact work coordinates

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

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Field	Tour Granite 2008 · Nanterre, Nanterre, France	Michael Graves Architecture & Design 1964 · Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2008	1964
Place	Nanterre, Nanterre, France	Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Place context	Nanterre, Nanterre, France	Representative site: Minneapolis, Minneapolis, United States
Climate	10°C · 14.1h daylight · 13 km/h wind	23°C · 13.8h daylight · 13 km/h wind · via Minneapolis Institute of Art
Focus	Office building	15 works in corpus
Architects	Christian de Portzamparc	Michael Graves
Linked context	Bureaus Christian de Portzamparc	Notable works Minneapolis Institute of Art Detroit Institute of Arts Michael C. Carlos Museum Louwman Museum
Typologies	office	museum library education campus building house office performance venue hospitality
Materials	stone	timber stone
Carbon signals	Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Stone	Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Stone
Lower-carbon levers	Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.	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.
Accessibility	Access not recorded	9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.