The Paris City Council has limited the height of new buildings in the French capital to 37 metres, or 12 floors, Euronews reports.
The ban is part of a new urbanisation plan (Plan Local d'Urbanisme), which aims to promote greener building within the city.
The new urban planning rules are being introduced as part of a local bioclimate program that Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said will allow the city to remain "inviting and enjoyable in the coming years despite rising temperatures."
Another element that affected the Paris authorities' choice was the controversy surrounding the construction of Herzog & de Meuron's Tour Triangle skyscraper. After more than a decade of litigation and public outrage, construction work began in 2021.
When finished, the Tour Triangle will be the city's third highest structure, behind the Eiffel Tower and the Montparnasse Tower.
From 1977 until 2010, Paris had a prohibition in place that limited the height of city buildings to 37 metres. It was first used shortly after the Montparnasse Tower was built. Bertrand Delano, the then-mayor of Paris, permitted the construction of 180-metre-high office skyscrapers and 50-metre-high residential structures in the city in 2010.
“We no longer need the Triangle and Duo towers (the Tours Duo complex of two towers 180 metres and 125 metres high, located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris). We must stop “concreting” Paris and its sky,” commented Emile Meunier, a member of the Green party’s council, on the change.
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