The new head offices of the firm Norvento has a floor area of 4,000 m2 and can accommodate 200 employees. Physically disconnected from electrical and gas networks, it will cover all its energy needs through renewable sources, becoming a zero-energy building.
Distinguished and functional, hard and ethereal, rough and refined: the Supreme Court of the Netherlands exhibits a close relationship between openness and security.
The iconic architecture elegantly integrates into the historic city centre of The Hague, expressing the democratic constitutional principles through a clear and rational structure.
Near Geneva, the Aire river flows through valleys historically devoted to farming. From late 19th century the river was progressively canalized. In 2001, the State of Geneva opened a competition with the idea of restoring the river to its original shape and meanders by destroying the canal.
