3XN completes aluminium-clad hotel and office overlooking La Défense in Paris

Danish architecture practice 3XN has completed a blocky office building and hotel in the suburbs of Paris, with "distinct but complementary" faceted checkerboard facades of bronze-coloured and reflective aluminium.
The first project completed in France by 3XN, the InDéfense office and Hôtel OKKO stand side-by-side between a railway and road in the Les Groues district of Nanterre, overlooking the La Défense business district.
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