Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: La Défense: Topographic Views
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Preferred Title:
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La Défense: Topographic Views
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Image View:
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Aerial view on axis from the top of the Grande Arche, depicting axis through Paris and the new development in La Defense
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Location:
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creation: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Location Note:
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La Défense
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Date:
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2001 (photographed)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Work Type 1:
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photograph
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Work Type 2:
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topographical view
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Classification:
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urban and topographical views
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Technique:
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photography
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; business, commerce and trade; cityscapes; contemporary (1960 to present); City planning; urban renewal
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Description:
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In September 1958, The Public Establishment for Installation of La Défense (EPAD) was created by the state to manage and bring life to the quarter. La Défense began designing itself: the first buildings (of which the Esso Tower was the very first) were built and began to slowly replace the city's factories, shanties, and even a few farms. The Center of New Industries and Technologies (CNIT) was built and first used in 1958. These "first generation" skyscrapers were all very similar in appearance, limited to a height of 100 meters. In 1966, the Nobel Tower was the first office building built in the area. After a stagnation in new development in the mid-1990s La Défense is once again expanding and is now the largest purpose-built business district in Europe. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Image Description:
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aerial view
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A2-F-P-LD-A5
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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