Studio Gang's proposal for Tour Montparnasse tower in Paris, France has been awarded with the The Glass Future Prize at this year's World Architecture Festival, which was held between 28-30, 2018 in RAI Amsterdam.

Originally developed for the international competition to redesign the French capital’s famous Tour Montparnasse tower, Studio Gang’s design transforms this monolithic skyscraper into a beautiful new landmark for twenty first century Paris. 

The jury was impressed by the project’s performance-driven design, which incorporates using wind as a driver to change the building’s massing, and also by its dynamic shading system. 

This new WAF prize, sponsored by Guardian Glass, is awarded to a Future Project entry which points to new ways in which glass and glass technology can be deployed in projects of any scale.

Studio Gang's design for Tour Montparnasse tower proposes a new, faceted facade giving the tower a shimmering silhouette that marks its presence in the Parisian landscape from wherever it’s seen. 

Like the historic Haussmann-era buildings of the quartier Montparnasse, each level of the Tower adopts a human scale, while at the scale of the city, the building inscribes itself with a generous monumentality.

The design’s intrinsic beauty goes beyond its exterior appearance to offer renewed functionality and program, as well as far greater environmental performance. A diverse combination of uses and services make the tower a powerful economic engine and lively gathering place. 

Its transparent base serves as an inviting front door for its many offerings, which include fifty floors of work space, a spectacular observatory with indoor garden, restaurants with terraces, a hotel, cafés, a co-working hub, retail, a gym, and conference center.

US firm Studio Gang was founded and led by Jeanne Gang. Studio Gang is an architecture and urban design practice headquartered in Chicago with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Paris.

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Top image: The new Tower, seen from the Rue de Rennes // La nouvelle Tour, depuis la rue de Rennes. Image © Studio Gang and Labtop.

All images courtesy of Studio Gang

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