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              HEKLA TOWER
              PUTEAUX (FRANCE)
              JEAN NOUVEL
                                                                      Following in the footsteps of the illustrious Glass Tower in New
                                                                      York and the Agbar Tower in Barcelona, the HEKLA tower
              THE MOST DRIVEN ARCHITECT OF HIS GENERATION HAS         will stretch upwards to a height of 220 meters and will be a
              LONG HAD LA DEFENSE IN HIS SIGHTS AND NOW HE HAS        feature on Paris’s historic skyline. It is set to become an iconic
              FINALLY LANDED THE PRIZE OF THE MOST RENOWNED           emblem of the city.
              BUSINESS DISTRICT IN EUROPE, AS THE AREA WILL BE HOME
              TO NOUVEL’S LATEST MASTERPIECE, MAESTRIA.               The facets of this 48-storey diamond are shaped by 14km of
                                                                      sun shades which provide its unique architecture as well as
                                                                      contributing to its temperature regulation.
                                                                      This skyscraper, a veritable jewel of steel and glass, is surely
                                                                      destined to become iconic. Its 76,000m  will be home to offices
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            DELABIE product installed:
            Angled Stainless Steel grab bar 135° (Ref. 5081P2)
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