Tour Perret

Amiens, France

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

Wheelchair access: Partly accessible

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Tour Perret is a 29-storey, 110-metre residential skyscraper in Amiens, France, designed by Auguste Perret and completed in 1949. Built from reinforced concrete as part of a sweeping post-war reconstruction effort in the Place Alphone-Fiquet neighbourhood following extensive World War II damage, it was originally conceived as an office building before local authorities redirected it to residential use. Though intended to rise higher—its planned crowning belfry with a monumental clock was never constructed due to delays and budget constraints—the tower remained France's first and highest skyscraper at its completion, reaching 104 metres. The structure was registered as a historic monument in 1975. In 2005, architect Thierry Van de Wyngaert added the Sablier de lumière (Hourglass of Light), a cube of 192 electrically adjustable glass panels lit by colour-changing neon lamps, bringing the total height to 110 metres and completing Perret's vision decades later.