Paris - CNIT

The great glory of the early years of La Défense was the huge CNIT building (Centre National des Industries et Techniques) on the Espace Benjamin-Franklin. This great vaulted structure (area 90,000sq.m/108,000sq.yd) in the form of an upturned shell borne on only three supports houses a large conference and business center, the World Trade Center, a market for information technology (Informait) and a center of business communications (IT-Com), together with shops, restaurants and a hotel.