283:. To obscure its lower end, the tower was designed to sit within a crater. Its facade, appearing to vanish in the sky, changed as it rose, from charcoal-colored granite to paler stone, then to aluminum and finally to glass that became increasingly reflective, all to enhance the illusion of dematerialization
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912:Esplanade de La DĂ©fense
855:Notre-Dame de PentecĂŽte
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1573:Palace of the Soviets
1422:Torre Bicentenario II
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271:...a skyscraper that
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1367:Rama IX Super Tower
1357:Palacio de la Bahia
634:La DĂ©fense de Paris
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1352:Karachi Port Tower
1202:Dubai Towers Dubai
1086:Tribune East Tower
1071:Taipei Twin Towers
1041:One Bayfront Plaza
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1603:Taiwan Tower
1578:Russia Tower
1568:PAGCOR Tower
1563:Murjan Tower
1548:The Illinois
1503:Bionic Tower
1446:
1302:Meraas Tower
1287:Lopez Center
1247:Grollo Tower
1177:Burj Al Alam
1031:Legacy Tower
881:
850:Tour Sequoia
835:Tour Majunga
825:Grande Arche
632:
597:
563:(demolished)
540:Tour Sequoia
520:Tour Neptune
510:Tour Majunga
495:Tour Granite
490:Grande Arche
411:CĆur DĂ©fense
401:Tour Blanche
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113:Architect(s)
1686: /
1623:X-Seed 4000
1528:Dream Tower
1447:Tour Signal
1272:India Tower
1152:Anara Tower
1076:Tower Fifth
1051:Senna Tower
992:skyscrapers
903:Paris MĂ©tro
884:(cancelled)
882:Tour Signal
858: [
845:Tour Pascal
815:Tour France
778:Tour Ariane
764: [
731:Primary and
645:Paris MĂ©tro
600:(cancelled)
598:Tour Signal
593:Phare Tower
584:(cancelled)
530:Tour Pascal
485:Tour Prisma
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463:Tour France
439: [
436:Tour Europe
392: [
369:Tour Aurore
359:Tour Athéna
354:Tour Ariane
330:Skyscrapers
171:Jean Nouvel
143:Tour Signal
117:Jean Nouvel
92:Floor count
39:Never built
22:Tour Signal
1671:48°53âČ29âłN
1382:Seoul Lite
1157:Asia Plaza
1006:247 Cherry
927:Transilien
722:La DĂ©fense
561:Esso Tower
556:Tour Total
458:Tour First
389:Tour CĂšdre
349:Tour Areva
339:Tour Adria
323:La DĂ©fense
151:La DĂ©fense
147:skyscraper
100:Floor area
56:La DĂ©fense
1674:2°14âČ01âłE
1267:Ice Tower
1046:PVN Tower
895:Transport
805:Tour Eria
754:Landmarks
431:Tour Eqho
426:Tour ĂgĂ©e
379:Tour CB21
223:Materials
123:Developer
1701:Category
1639:Arcology
1397:Sky City
999:Proposed
929:stations
905:stations
810:Tour Ăve
800:Tour EDF
647:stations
453:Tour Ăve
421:Tour EDF
384:Tour CBX
277:BrĂąncuÈi
235:concrete
209:highrise
198:monolith
177:Location
52:Location
1518:DIB-200
1112:1 Dubai
1081:Tower M
876:Planned
708:Puteaux
576:Planned
551:Tour T1
406:Tour D2
191:Outcome
155:Puteaux
153:and in
62:Puteaux
1627:Xtopia
567:Tour W
273:Nouvel
240:Design
218:modern
159:France
74:Height
66:France
36:Status
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227:glass
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