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Tour Perret d'Amiens dans la Somme

Patrimoine classé
Maison d'architecte
Somme

Tour Perret d'Amiens

    Place Alphonse-Fiquet
    80000 Amiens
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Crédit photo : Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1942
Design by Auguste Perret
juillet 1949
Foundation start
22 mai 1950
Laying the first stone
mars 1952
Completion of construction
1954
Death of Auguste Perret
1959
Repurchase by François Spoerry
24 juillet 1960
Official Inauguration
29 octobre 1975
Front and cover classification
4 mars 2003
Classification architectural set
2005
Adding the light cube
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The façade and cover of the Tour Perret (Case AI 39): inscription by decree of 29 October 1975 - The architectural ensemble Auguste-Perret de la place Alphonse-Fiquet (gare, residential buildings) (CW 47; DZ 1; CR 3; AI 38, 40, 42): inscription by decree of 4 March 2003

Key figures

Auguste Perret - Designer Designed the tower in 1942.
Eugène Claudius-Petit - Minister for Reconstruction Placed the first stone in 1950.
François Spoerry - Architect and savior Racheta and built the tower in 1959.
Thierry van de Wyngaert - Light designer Created the hourglass of light in 2005.
Gustave Perret - Partner company Perret-Frères Participated in the construction.
Claude Perret - Partner company Perret-Frères Participated in the construction.

Origin and history

The Perret Tower, designed by architect Auguste Perret in 1942, is part of the reconstruction project of the Alphonse-Fiquet Square and the Amiens station, destroyed during the Second World War. The works, which began in 1949 with foundations at 19 metres, were financed by the Ministry of Reconstruction. Inaugurated in 1952, it became the first French skyscraper (104 m), but remained empty until 1959, with its high rents and modernist style repelling the Amienois.

Purchased by architect François Spoerry in 1959, the tower was transformed into a condominium and inaugurated in 1960. Its facades were classified as a historical monument in 1975, then as an architectural complex of the Place Alphonse-Fiquet in 2003. In 2005, a bright cube was added to its summit, raising its height to 110 m, despite debates about its architectural integration.

Symbol of reconstruction, the tower combines residential and monumental functions, evoking the belfries of the North. Its reinforced concrete frame, innovative for the time, made it a technical feat. Today, it dominates the Amienese landscape alongside the cathedral, although its access to the public is restricted.

The tower was originally planned as a mixed building (offices, housing), but its high cost (225 million francs) and technical problems (lack of running water on the upper floors) delayed its occupation. After the death of Perret in 1954, demolition projects were planned before his rescue by Spoerry.

The interior design, completed in the 1960s, allowed its gradual occupation. Tourist visits were organised until 1974. The tower remains a major testimony of modernist architecture and post-war urban planning, integrated into an extensive restructuring programme launched in 1999.

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