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Clean cut: Véolia, HQ, Lyon, France

Photos: Geraldine Bruneel.

This campus-style training centre for the environmental group Véolia has recently opened in Lyon, France. The complex is designed by Arte Charpentier Architectes around a garden that it conceives as an Agora. The intention is to create a convivial atmosphere for all who use the building to enjoy. Read more

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Corporate power: KHNP HQ South Korea, by H Architecture.

Aerial view

Images: H Architecture.

The energy company KHNP is aware that their business is a sensitive subject around the world. Conveying corporate environmental credentials with a certain modesty seem to correspond with the spirit of the age, but HQ buildings in general must also convey, or at least this seems to be the current consensus, a little… well let us call it architectural bravado. Avoiding conflict with these requirements can be a difficult line to follow. Read more

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