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Phare Tower
Computer rendering.
Information
Location	La Défense (Courbevoie, France)
Status	Approved
Groundbreaking	July 2008
Estimated completion	2012
Use	Office
Height
Antenna/Spire	~300 m (984 ft)
Floor area	~130,000 m² (1,399,300 sq ft)
Companies
Architect	Morphosis (Thom Mayne)
Structural Engineer	IBE Consulting Engineers (MEP)

The Phare Tower (Tour Phare, commonly called Le Phare in French) is a planned 300-meter-tall skyscraper with 68 floors designed as a green building to be built in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine), France, in the La Défense district of suburban Paris. The building is being designed by Los Angeles-based Morphosis, headed by architect Thom Mayne, and is scheduled to be completed in 2012. When completed, it will be the tallest skyscraper in Paris and one of the tallest in the European Union.

Name

While the French word phare means lighthouse (from Pharos) when employed alone, it also applies to any source of light used as a beacon. In this context, phare is used to describe the tower as something that will bring attention. Tour Phare is then meant to bring an architectural beacon to the periphery of Paris and more specifically La Défense.

Miniature

See also

• List of tallest buildings and structures in the Paris region

Sources

• Design Build Network: Le Phare
• Treehugger: Thom Mayne to Build Big Eco-Tower in Paris
• Marvelous Architectures: Paris plans rival to Eiffel Tower
• Stamberg, Susan (April 28, 2007). "A New Tower to Soar Over Paris", NPR. 

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