Future Paris - Le Monde Headquarters by Snøhetta

snøhetta has completed the headquarters of the le monde group, uniting the media company’s newsrooms and their 1,600 employees beneath the same roof. located in paris’ 13th arrondissement, the project takes the form of an arched building clad with a semi-transparent outer skin. the structure also incorporates a new plaza that integrates the building within the neighborhood. ‘since its inception the le monde group headquarters has embodied an architectural and symbolic counterpoint to the many challenges our societies face today,’ says founding partner of snøhetta, kjetil trædal thorsen. snøhetta, working with local firm SRA architecture, was chosen to complete the project in 2015. ‘the building is primarily about opening up in a time where fear and uncertainty pushes our societies to increase barriers and strengthen security enforcement,’ kjetil trædal thorsen continues. ‘in this sense, the project invites us to reflect on how architecture can create spaces that can be both pub