Tour AXA (also known as tour Assur, previously Tour UAP between 1974-1998) is an office skyscraper located in La Défense business district west of Paris, France.The tower was built in 1974 by the UAP insurance company. The building is 159 meters (522 feet). Its basic form is a three-pointed star, whose branches are separated by an angle of 120 °. Shape was chosen to symbolize the merger of three French insurance companies, which is the origin of UAP. The tower was renamed Tour AXA when UAP was bought by the AXA insurance company in 1996.
Large-scale renovation of the tower began in 2007. The exterior of the tower will be completely changed, with the additional height. Tour AXA will be as high as 225 m (728 ft) with a total area of 86.707 m² (933.306 square feet) when completed, and became the tallest skyscraper in France. The architect was Jean-Pierre Dacbert, Pierre Dufau, Michel Stenzel and.
Other AXA towers standing in New York City, 229 m (751 ft).
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