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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

Studio Gio PontiStudio Gio Ponti

1921 · Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20081921
PlaceNanterre, Nanterre, FranceMilan, Lombardy, Italy
Place contextNanterre, Nanterre, FranceRepresentative site: Milan, Milan, Italy
Climate14°C · 14.0h daylight · 14 km/h wind21°C · 13.8h daylight · 6 km/h wind · via Tempio della Vittoria, Milan
FocusOffice building6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Christian de Portzamparc
  • Gio Ponti
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Christian de Portzamparc

Notable works

  • Tempio della Vittoria, Milan
  • Torre Branca
  • Pirelli Tower
  • Concattedrale Gran Madre di Dio
Typologies
  • office
  • chapel
  • sacred space
  • temple
  • tower
  • landscape
  • cathedral
  • museum
  • education
Materials
  • stone
  • steel
  • concrete
  • brick
  • stone
Carbon signals

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

  • Stone

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
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.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • 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.
AccessibilityAccess not recorded5 of 5 recorded works are publicly accessible
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