Tour Hekla, Office skyscraper in La Défense, France
Tour Hekla is a 220 m office skyscraper in the Rose de Cherbourg sector of Puteaux, in the La Défense business district. Designed by Jean Nouvel, it has 48 office floors and 51 levels in all, with more than 76,000 m2 of offices, five restaurants and a 250-seat auditorium. Its 1,700 m2 floors have 3 m ceilings and can hold 5,800 employees.
Tour Hekla was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel. An exclusivity agreement was signed on 13 April 2012 between Epadesa and the Hines/AG Real Estate/Gecina group, and the building permit was granted in June 2016. Construction began in May 2018, the first stone was laid on 17 June 2019, and the tower was inaugurated on 1 December 2022.
The tower takes its name from Hekla, the Icelandic volcano, a reference chosen for the building's height on the skyline. Its site, the Rose de Cherbourg in Puteaux, is being rebuilt around it: the motorway interchange below is to be pedestrianised, and the scheme adds some 35,000 m² of housing, including 10,500 m² of student accommodation.
The building sits near public transportation with direct connections to central Paris. Keep in mind this is an active workplace, so access to interiors may be restricted for visitors.
The tower's name comes from Iceland's Hekla volcano, and its site on the Butte de Chantecoq puts its top 252 metres above the Seine quays of the Esplanade de la Défense, against 231 metres for Tour First. It holds six environmental labels, among them HQE exceptionnel and BREEAM Excellent, and cost an estimated 248 million euros.
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