Le Monde Group HQ: Generous Respite in the City

Middle Density, Project, Snøhetta, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms

Circulation, City development, Commercial infrastructure, Concrete, Connections, Continuity, Flexibility, France, Glazed façade, Landmark, Paris, Performative Envelope, Power of materiality, Project, Texture, Working Space

Photography: Jared Chulski and Ludwig Favre

With the completion of its new headquarters, the 1,600 employees of the Le Monde Group have been brought together under the same roof in a large arching building on 67-69 Avenue Pierre-Mendès-France in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. With its bold new plaza and semi-transparent envelope, the building creates connections to the general public and surrounding transit, while also offering citizens and passersby a generous respite in the city. On December 11, 2020, the building received the prestigious French real estate prize, the Grand Prix SIMI, in the category “New Office Building Larger than 10,000 m²”.