06-06-2023 17:27 via dezeen.com

Paris reinstates skyscraper ban following Tour Triangle backlash

Paris has reimposed a height limit for new buildings in the city, following the controversial construction of Tour Triangle tower designed by Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron.
The height limit, announced yesterday, will limit new buildings in the French capital to a height of 37 metres or 12 storeys.
It reinstates the same Parisian planning law that was introduced in 1977 following the construction of Tour Montparnasse, a 210-metre-tall office tower by architects Eugène Beaudouin, Urba
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