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Architect: Pietri Architectes
Location: Marseille, France
Completion Date: September, 2023
In 1995, work was initiated to redevelop the port of Marseille, France. The Euroméditerranée project, as it is known, oversaw the construction of office towers, residential high-rises, and the conversion of vacant industrial buildings into cultural centers. The Euroméditerranée’s latest addition is La Porte Bleue a residential high-rise by Parisian firm Pietri Architectes. Compositionally, the tower is defined by its grid of 414 concrete vaults. La Porte Bleue joins a cluster of towers along Rue Jean-Gaspard Vence which include La Marseillaise and CMA CGM Headquarters, designed by the offices of Jean Nouvel and Zaha Hadid, respectively.
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