The Glass House

HOPEN is an iconic tower transformed, embodying the reinvention of the city and society. A place where economic, social and human progress are linked, a space to work, meet, take time for oneself and get involved. HOPEN offers 65,000 m² of diverse spaces, including 59,000 m² of office space! The renewal of HOPEN demonstrates that it's possible to reinvent the city withi...

Architect Philippe Proisy clad the center with round transparent glass bricks whose roundness is a nod to the football and chose, for the changing rooms, a Xenon pattern which blurs the image in order to preserve the privacy of the players. In 1974, Racing Club de Strasbourg, a professional football club, established its first training center. In 2000, the outdated infr...

In 2008, the firm Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti won the architectural competition for the largest Parisian construction project: the renovation of the Parisian underground. A place of passage, a meeting place, an iconic place where more than 750,000 travelers cross paths every day. 2018 saw the world's largest metro station change its skin and adorn itself with an...