A Former Car Manufacturer’s Locale Becomes a Chic Paris Office

2023 Best of Year Winner for International Extra Large Corporate Office

For years, the modernist 1964 building at 75 Avenue de la Grande Armée in Paris housed the French automotive manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroën, which left in 2017. Saguez & Partners restored existing details while also transforming 250,000 square feet of the interiors into a serene, biophilic headquarters for Boston Consulting Group that maximizes sunlight for 1,200 employees. Part of the triple-height former car showroom has become a cathedral-like lobby, café, and coworking space, with greenery creating semiprivate groves along windows, that’s open to the public; elsewhere on the ground level is the business center featuring a 180-seat auditorium.

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Upstairs, closed offices convert into meeting rooms, library alcoves offer places to focus, and a large rooftop terrace boasts panoramic city views. Speaking of nature, during construction, 394 metric tons of CO2 emissions were avoided thanks to the reuse of 81 metric tons of materials.

pierre-olivier-pigeot; jean-philippe cordina; claire cieslak; christelle person; laurent brudner; jeff bazile; gaelle coen; marine belkebir.