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Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Create the 'Lycée Georges Frêche'

The 'Lycee Georges Freche' Building, a school for hotel management, boasts a sleek look created by Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas.

Located in Montepellier, France, the school is built with nodized aluminum triangles and boasts a whopping 5000 windows that are all triangular. The structure can be best describes as curvaceous with a towering structure hollow metallic composition. A tunnel through which students and staff can enter is located on the pulled up end the Lycee Georges Freche building.

As privileged as the students and staff of this educational institution are, their building is also shared with the general public. According to Dezeen "the complex includes a hotel and three restaurants that are open to the public." These additional facilities can be accessed for all to enjoy the ultra modern work of Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas.
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