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News • News • 15 Jun 2023
Petitdidierprioux Architectes complete the vertical mixed-used Lafontaine City Block project
On a former industrial site in Villeurbanne, near Lyon, Petitdidierprioux Architectes has completed the Lafontaine City Block. The vertical mixed-used concept includes podium housing businesses and offices on the ground and first floors, with 147 flats divided over six towers of four to nine storeys above.
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The legacy of Villeurbanne’s industrial history allowed for the development to be undertaken at the scale of an entire city superblock. The site is thus bordered by four streets at the property limits, leaving the heart of the block largely open with a central garden and a pedestrian alley crossing the entirely of the block from north to south.
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One La Jolla Center
The tower completes the La Jolla Center superblock, located within the San Diego area’s only master-planned live, work, learn, and play community.With a space-making design and high-quality materials, One La Jolla Center exhibits an attention to detail exceptional in an office environment. The stainless-steel-and-glass-clad unitized curtain wall system includes 10-foot floor-to-ceiling, high-performance low-E glazing, while 30-foot column spacing allows for column-free corner offices.Arriving at the main lobby via the motor court drop-off or by foot through a landscaped courtyard, occupants and visitors can easily find their way to the appropriate lift within the central elevator lobby. The state-of-the-art, 1,000-foot-per-minute elevator s... More