The complex, consisting of five buildings, is located in a development zone between the airport and Cornavin railway station and borders the Route de Meyrin, a very important arterial road serving the centre of Geneva. The Geneva-based architectural firm JL Richardet & H. Saini SA was responsible for the project, which comprised seventy-two flats and a police station. […]

The plots had been downgraded for around 15 years, but a farmer who owned 1.25% of the plots concerned had managed to block the project until an agreement was finally reached. The new neighbourhood entitled La Petite-Prairie was built on 100,000 m 2 in the north of Nyon. In this first construction phase, Implenia is coordinating three different construction companies in […]

Permanent missions, the headquarters of organisations or large companies - this part of the city has constantly evolved over the last hundred years. At the turn of the 21st century, it experienced a second spring with the construction of bold buildings that stood out from the previous, rather ordinary structure. The area between the SBB railway tracks, Avenue de la Paix […]

As the final stage of this ambitious residential construction programme in Geneva, the new buildings have created 70 flats for sale as condominiums, which meets the high expectations of the market. The building is adjacent to the Japanese Embassy and is located on the same level as the ‘Villa Gardiol’, a beautiful 18th century mansion that now houses the headquarters of […]

The new building was designed in accordance with the programme, which involved a joint search for aesthetic, functional, ecological and economic solutions. The new building has a sober appearance, with all the desired qualities expressed in the choice of materials and in the volumetric and geometric arrangements. The reinforced concrete structure consists of a system of […]

The project could be realised in this constellation through a land reallocation that led to the creation of fifteen different plots, one for each of the thirteen villas and two secondary plots for visitor parking and traffic routes. These preparatory measures made it possible to establish the necessary easements for the use of the perimeter, with plots ranging from 424 m 2 […]

The buildings are typically urban and blend effortlessly into the built environment, whose main patterns they adopt. The facades are largely openwork, partly made of prefabricated elements and characterised by an original and warm brick-red colour, complemented by vertical and horizontal incisions. Inside, the flats offer living rooms and kitchens that form a single large […]