Front de Seine is a development in the district of Beaugrenelle in
Paris,
France, located along the river
Seine in the
15th arrondissement at the south of the
Eiffel Tower.[1] It is, with the
13th arrondissement, one of the few districts in the city of Paris containing
highrise buildings, as most have been constructed outside the city (notably in
La Défense).
The Front de Seine district is the result of an
urban planning project from the 1970s.[2] It includes about 20 towers reaching nearly 100 m of height built all around an elevated esplanade. That esplanade is paved with
frescos that can be seen only from the elevated floors of the towers. As opposed to
Italie 13, the design of the towers is much more varied. The
Hôtel Novotel Paris-Tour Eiffel (formerly known as Hôtel Nikkō), for instance, has red-encircled windows,[3] while the
Tour Totem consists of a stack of several glazed blocks.
A newly redesigned
shopping centre, the
Centre commercial Beaugrenelle opened in 2013.[4][5]
Furthermore, while 13th arrondissement towers are predominantly residential and
La Défense towers are predominantly commercial, the towers of the Front de Seine are of mixed commercial and residential use.
High-rise buildings
Tour Avant-Seine (1975): 98 m, 32 storeys.
Tour Mars (1974): 98 m, 32 storeys.
Tour Paris Côté Seine (1977): 98 m, 32 storeys.
Tour Seine (1970): 98 m, 32 storeys
Tour Espace 2000 (1976): 98 m, 31 storeys.
Tour Évasion 2000 (1971): 98 m, 31 storeys.
Hôtel Novotel Paris-Tour Eiffel (1976): 98 m, 31 storeys.