Tour Eqho (also known as Tour IBM, and Tour Descartes[1]) is an office skyscraper located in La Défense business district situated west of Paris, France.

Tour Eqho
Tour Eqho
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General information
TypeOffice
LocationLa Défense
(Courbevoie)
Coordinates48°53′32″N 2°14′48″E / 48.89222°N 2.24667°E / 48.89222; 2.24667
Completed1988
Height
Antenna spire130 m (430 ft)
Roof130 m (430 ft)
Technical details
Floor count40
Floor area100,000 m2 (1,100,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Jean Willerval, Fernando Urquijo, Giorgio Macola

Built in 1988, the tower, with a height of 130 metres, belongs to the third generation of towers in La Défense.[2] The tower takes the shape of a parallelepiped in which a semi-cylinder would have been extruded on the main façade. Tour Descartes used to host the French headquarters of IBM Corporation until 2010.[3] It now hosts a variety of companies with KPMG taking the most floors.[4]

Bloomberg News reported that the building is nicknamed “the urinal” by real estate brokers because of its distinctive shape.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ KPMG a pris ses marques dans la tour Eqho
  2. ^ Tour Eqho
  3. ^ EQHO : encore une tour métamorphosée à la Défense.
  4. ^ La Défense : le cabinet d'audit KPMG a choisi une ambiance zen
  5. ^ Sidders, Jack (27 July 2023). "Property Pain From Canary Wharf to Mainhattan Has Only Just Begun". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
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