Tour de Lille

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Tour de Lille
Tour de Lille
Basic data
Place: Lille , France
Construction time : 1991-1995
Status : built
Architectural style : Modern
Architects : Christian de Portzamparc
Technical specifications
Height : 120 m
Height to the top: 120 m
Height to the roof: 120 m
Rank (height) : 1 (Lille)
Floors : 20th
Elevators : 4th
Usable area : 18,135 m²
Building material : Concrete, steel, glass, aluminum

Tour de Lille (formerly Tour du Crédit-Lyonnais ) is the name of a skyscraper in the Euralille office district in the northern French city of Lille . Construction began in 1991. Since its completion in 1995, the 120-meter-high office tower has been the largest high-rise in the city. The building has 20 floors above ground and an area of ​​approximately 18,135 square meters. The skyscraper was designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc . The building spans the Lille-Europe train station .

After the office towers Tour du Crédit Lyonnais in Lyon , Tour CMA-CGM in Marseille and Tour Bretagne in Nantes, the building is the fourth tallest in France outside of the greater Paris area ( see: List of high-rise buildings in Île-de-France ).

The nearest metro station is Gare Lille-Europe and the nearest train station is Lille-Europe .

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Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 19 ″  N , 3 ° 4 ′ 35 ″  E