This would be the first sky scraper in paris in over 43 years – but now it looks like it’s not gonna happen. A ballot turned down some technical permission – but will it still happen? Co-architect Jacques Herzog, who along with Pierre de Meuron designed the Tate Modern and Beijing’s Olympic stadium, said its shape would “limit the shadow on neighbours” and it would be highly ecological, using “wind and the sun to produce energy”. Watch this space. The pictures look spectacular.