A number of his pieces have been awarded prizes and mentions at various international competitions: Fontaines (La Défense/SACEM, France, 1978); Métamorphose d’un jaune citron (Bourges, France, 1979); Lune noire (Noroit-Léonce Petitot, France, 1989); Espaces-Paradoxes, (Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, 1994).
While the village has been preserved in its original condition, nearby is the high tech centre of Sophia Antipolis, constructed in the 1970s along the same lines as La Défense near Paris.
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Until May 2004, this part of La Défense hosted an information centre of the European Union managed by the European Parliament.
It connects Porte de Versailles, Paris, with Pont de Bezons via La Défense.
Paris La Defense – Une Ville En Concert was a concert held by musician Jean Michel Jarre on the district of La Défense in Paris on Bastille Day, July 14, 1990.
A western extension of Line 1 from La Défense station to the center of Nanterre is being considered.
The company has its head office in Les Miroirs in La Défense and in Courbevoie.
Tour Generali (English: Generali Tower) was a skyscraper planned for construction in the business quarter of La Défense in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine, France).
The greatest influences for the development of the Zuidas are La Défense in Paris and Canary Wharf in London.
The monument is located in the heart of the financial district of La Défense and is built of granite and of Carrara marble.