Tour Légende (formerly Tour EDF)

The first studies for the tower date from 1984. Several projects followed one another, among them a semi-cylindrical tower 150 m high, before the group formed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and Saubot-Rouit & Associés (SRA) won the contract. The firm's client was the Hines Corporation. The winning scheme, which included a covered forecourt drawn from the almond-shaped cut in the tower, won unanimous approval. The building, first called Tour EDF, was delivered in 2001.

The tower is 70 m long and 32 m across at its widest, and it is broader at the top than at the base. Its form comes from a concern to improve public space: rather than keeping its distance from the Dalle, it reaches out towards the Parvis. Its hollowed prow makes a meeting place, where passers-by can stop on a raised platform under a round canopy that, like the tower, is faced with stainless steel and glass. On the Parvis side, the entrance is marked by a canopy 24 m in diameter. The office floors rise above a lobby level with the plaza and two lower floors of amenities, among them a garden restaurant.

The building stands beside the Dalle of La Défense, a raised pedestrian esplanade laid out along the monumental axis that runs from the Grande Arche towards the historic heart of Paris. Its siting answers that axis while keeping the view corridor from the old centre clear.

Office building. The common areas were reworked in 2023 and now offer a panoramic restaurant, a fitness and wellness space, an auditorium and meeting rooms; a see-through staircase links the two uppermost floors.

The tower is an office building. It can be seen from the public space of the Parvis de La Défense, where its entrance is located.