Tour Granite, Office skyscraper in La Défense, France
Tour Granite is a 184-metre office skyscraper in La Défense, within Nanterre, with 35 floors and a sharply inclined roof. Its glass curtain wall is a grid of blue and green rectangular panels; the left edge carries a pale vertical strip of mullions. The building has a boat-prow front facing Nanterre and a small red square sign near the top.
Construction finished in 2008 as an expansion project for Société Générale to address office space shortages. The tower grew from the company's need for additional facilities beyond their original headquarters buildings.
Tour Granite is the third tower of the Société Générale group at La Défense, after Chassagne and Alicante, and all three share a single reception area. A footbridge links Granite to the other two. Its prow-shaped front faces the town of Nanterre, and its sharply inclined roof echoes the group's twin towers.
Tour Granite stands in Nanterre within the Seine-Arche perimeter, facing the Société Générale towers and linked to Chassagne and Alicante by a footbridge; the three share a single reception. It is a working office building, so interior access is limited to staff and authorised visitors. The inclined roof and the boat-prow front are best seen from outside, from the public esplanade of La Défense.
The tower's prow-shaped front faces Nanterre, and a footbridge links it to the two Société Générale towers, Chassagne and Alicante. All three share a single reception area, so staff can move between them without going outside. The inclined roof echoes the older twin towers.
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