Bel Air Tower
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Bel-Air Tower Tour de Bel-Air, Tour Bel-Air |
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| The Bel Air tower in the city center of Lausanne | |
| Basic data | |
| Place: | Lausanne |
| Construction time : | 1929-1931 |
| Opening: | 1932 |
| Renovation: | planned, none yet |
| Architect : | Alphonse Laverrière |
| Use / legal | |
| Usage : | Office space and event hall |
| Technical specifications | |
| Height : | 78 m |
| Height to the roof: | 68 m |
| Floors : | 19th |
| Elevators : | 13 |
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| Country: | Switzerland |
The Bel-Air Tower ( French: Tour de Bel-Air , Tour Bel-Air ) is a high-rise in Lausanne and is considered to be the first skyscraper in Switzerland .
Location and use
The tower is located in the middle of the Center district , between “Rue de Genève”, “Rue des Terraux” and “Place de Bel-Air”. The floor at the level of the “Rue des Terraux” is used as a sales area for various companies . The other parts of the building contain offices , a call center and “le métropole”, a large event hall.
Architecture and buildings
The Swiss architect Alphonse Laverrière designed the building and also planned the construction work, which began in 1929. The tower was completed in 1931 and inaugurated the next year (1932). It was thus the first skyscraper in Switzerland.
The building is from the "de Rue Genève» 68 meters , and from Bel-air space 54 meters high. Counted in floors, the tower has 19 floors from “Rue de Genève” and 15 floors from Bel-Air-Platz.
On the tower there is a twelve meter high mast , which usually carries a Swiss flag.
Since no major renovation work has been carried out since its construction in the 1930s, the tower is to be renovated . Among other things, the access to the building is to be changed, as well as a new building on the ground floor. The planned investments amount to 40 million Swiss francs .
The tower is included in the planning of the city project "2020".
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Front view
Side view
The tower protrudes from the Center district (view from Sauvabelin Tower )
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Honegger: The first skyscraper in Switzerland. (No longer available online.) July 15, 2009, archived from the original on July 20, 2009 ; Retrieved November 27, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Metropolis. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 31, 2009 ; Retrieved November 24, 2009 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Rénovation de la tour Bel-Air: un nouveau visage pour le rez-de-chaussée des Terreaux. Retrieved November 24, 2009 (French).
Coordinates: 46 ° 31 '19.4 " N , 6 ° 37' 44.1" E ; CH1903: 537867 / 152626