Norman Foster on his vision for Paris' twin towers

Sir Norman Foster reveals what inspired the design for his 90-storey towers at La Defense in Paris. Officially known as Hermitage Plaza, the 90-storey plus towers will front onto the Seine and will dominate the Paris skyline.

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[a01087483]

@RobertsDigital I'm quite sure that someone as important as him would have taken that into consideration :p

I mean common, he has hundreds of people working for him, its not like they would miss something as important as that, cause they do calculations to know if the buildings will be safe :p

[tomsega]

Damn, the Shard will only be the tallest building in the EU for about 4 years, if that!

[winterfirerer]

Hay Dios, que twin towers ni que nada!, La Hermitrage Plaza van a ser los edifícios mas bellos de todos, porque tiene estilo y sofisticacion, que las Twin towers :| no tenían. Como sea esta es una buena idea y lo mejor ¡Ya esta aprobada!. en 2016 o 2017 viajo a París para verlas.

[HFPStudios]

Incredible towers!!!

I love them!!!

And I love France!!!

[JexPAuk]

That's exactly the reason why those twin towers are unique and fantastically gorgeous!Their shape is fascinating,and I do understand why you're wondering!lolVive Paris(et Londres!)

[JexPAuk]

That's exactly the reason why those twin towers are unique and fantastically gorgeous.

[6Michael6]

ever seen calatrava's twisting torso?

[RobertsDigital]

there is a problem however with his twin skyscrapers which i saw yesterday on the papers ....if you take a close look you will find out that the top of his sky scrapers are thicker than the bottom...so i find it quite impossible for his skyscrapers to withstand strong winds...i am hoping they will be safe.