other architects, including Norman Foster and Rem Koolhaas, to win the job of designing a new curving skyscraper for the Le Defence, the Paris enclave where modernism goes to die. The tower will rise 300 meters, just 24 meters shorter than the Eiffel Tower. Costing 800 million euros, "Phare" (meaning lighthouse) is scheduled to be completed in 2012.In way of background, here's a montage of some shots I took of Le Defence a few years ago. As you, such development has long been banned from central Paris, which has severe height limitations that have preserved the district's traditional architecture.
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