Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP

Tour Légende (originally Tour EDF at La Défense)

Tour Légende (originally Tour EDF at La Défense)

Tour Légende (originally Tour EDF at La Défense)

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP

CLIENT
The Hines Corporation

COMPONENTS
63,000m2 offices; 1,500m2 lobby; garden restaurant and amenities / support; parking for 80 cars on 4 levels below street; landscaped plaza

PCF&P SERVICES
Architecture; exterior envelope; interior design of public spaces

SUSTAINABILITY
HQE-certified (L’Association HQE)

STATUS
Built

SITE
A 0.3-hectare site at La Défense

SIZE
500,000 sqft - 1,000,000 sqft

YEAR
2001

LOCATION
Paris, France 

CATEGORY
Commercial › Office 

This 41-story office tower occupies a prominent site directly adjoining the Dalle of La Défense —an elevated pedestrian plaza centered on the monumental axis that extends eastward from the nearby Grande Arche through the historic heart of Paris.

Tour Légende (originally Tour EDF at La Défense)
Tour Légende (originally Tour EDF at La Défense)
Tour Légende (originally Tour EDF at La Défense)

The building is positioned to reflect this axial system while respecting the view corridor from the historic center. 

The office floors rise above a lobby at the plaza level and two lower floors of amenities, including a garden restaurant.

The distinctive form of Tour EDF originates with the corollary obligation to enhance the quality of public space and public life.

Tour Légende (originally Tour EDF at La Défense)
Tour Légende (originally Tour EDF at La Défense)
Tour Légende (originally Tour EDF at La Défense)

Hence the tower is shaped in such a way that it does not stand aloof from the “Dalle” but instead makes an engaging gesture toward the Parvis de La Défense.

The carved prow of the building creates a memorable gathering place, where passersby are invited to pause and enjoy the view from a raised platform beneath a sheltering circular canopy clad, like the tower, in stainless steel and glass.

Tour Légende (originally Tour EDF at La Défense)


Tour Légende (originally Tour EDF at La Défense)
Tour Légende (originally Tour EDF at La Défense)
Tour Légende (originally Tour EDF at La Défense)


Tour Légende (originally Tour EDF at La Défense)

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP
T +1 212 7513122
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP
88 Pine St, New York, NY 10005, United States