engineering

The Link (building)

The Link (building) is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand The Link (building) rather than just read about it. In short: The Link is a mixed-use skyscraper building development located in Puteaux, France. It is part of the La Défense business district.

Key takeaways

The Link (building) belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect The Link (building) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of The Link (building) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Link is a mixed-use skyscraper building development located in Puteaux, France. It is part of the La Défense business district. Completed in 2025, the tallest tower stands at 242 m (794 ft) tall with 52 floors, making it the tallest skyscraper in the Paris metropolitan area and in France, and the second tallest structure overall, after the Eiffel Tower. The tower will house the new headquarters of French energy company TotalEnergies, which is currently located in Tour Total.

History In July 2017, Total has chosen the Link tower to house its next headquarters. Between 5,500 and 6,000 employees, previously located in the Coupole and Michelet towers, will be grouped together in this new skyscraper. Its construction cost was estimated at one billion euros in October 2021. On June 11, 2020, Groupama announced the groundbreaking of The Link with the start of the demolition work on the existing building, which would be followed in 2021 by foundation work on the new towers.

Architecture The complex consists of two office towers called Arche and Seine, standing at 242 and 178 meters high respectively, connected by 35 platforms called "links", a term derived from the English "link" and meaning "connection". The tallest tower will house the new headquarters of TotalEnergies, currently located in the Coupole Tower. The Link project comprises approximately 130,000 m² of office space. It is located near a green space. The building includes duplex floors of approximately 6,000 m² and high ceilings, to allow internal pedestrian movement and limit the use of elevators. The tower, by its height and position, is designed to visually rebalance the historic Axe historique. The building features a double-skin insulating façade incorporating photovoltaic panels and aims to reduce energy consumption by 50% compared to the towers previously occupied by the company. Accessibility to the district from Puteaux is to be improved through the renovation of Cours Michelet.

Gallery

See also List of tallest buildings and structures in the Paris region List of tallest buildings in France

References

External links

The Link at CTBUH The Link at SKYDB

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with The Link (building)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what The Link (building) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to The Link (building) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about The Link (building) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of The Link (building)

In research: The Link (building) appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses The Link (building) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: The Link (building) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2025 establishments in France, 21st-century architecture in France, Buildings and structures completed in 2025, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for The Link (building) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study The Link (building) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what The Link (building) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain The Link (building) out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is The Link (building) in simple terms?

The Link is a mixed-use skyscraper building development located in Puteaux, France. It is part of the La Défense business district.

Why does The Link (building) matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study The Link (building)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on The Link (building).