| Tour Signal | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Status | Never built |
| Type | Hotel, office and residential |
| Location | La Défense (Puteaux,France) |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 301 m (988 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 71 |
| Floor area | 140,000 m2 (1,500,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Jean Nouvel |
| Developer | Medea and Layetana |
| Structural engineer | Desarollos Immobiliarios |
Tour Signal was a proposedskyscraper inLa Défense and inPuteaux,France.[1]
Medea and Layetana were the developers with AteliersJean Nouvel as architects.
West Gate was chosen as the location for the building in order to open the La Défense district to the municipality of Puteaux. The project’s ambition was to create a stronger polarity at the heart of theÎle-de-France and develop a major attraction while relating the project to its natural and built environment and, lastly, embodying the various elements which strengthen the feeling that the project belongs in the district.
The project was never built, and was cancelled in 2009. In 2009, Medea and Layetana announced they are not involved in the project anymore, and the new president of the EPAD Joëlle Ceccaldi-Raynaud declared her opposition to the tower which looks like an unaesthetic "monolith".
48°53′29″N2°14′01″E / 48.89139°N 2.23361°E /48.89139; 2.23361