Orange Cube
Design showroom and Office building
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The Orange Cube is a design showroom and office building in the La Confluence quarter of the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France.[1] Designed by the Paris-based architectural firm Jakob + MacFarlane,[2] the building is best known for its orange color and hole-riddled cube shape,[1] lending it the nickname "La Mimolette" after the similarly colored cheese.[3] The Orange Cube was completed in 2011 at a cost of approximately €12 million, with a 6,284 m2 (67,640 sq ft) interior.[4] It occupies a 29 m × 33 m (95 ft × 108 ft) footprint.[5]
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| Orange Cube | |
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The Orange Cube, viewed from the waterfront | |
 Interactive map of the Orange Cube area | |
Alternative names | La Mimolette |
General information | |
| Location | La Confluence quarter of 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, Lyon, France |
| Coordinates | 45.73916°N 4.81459°E |
| Completed | 2011 |
| Cost | €12 million |
| Design and construction | |
Architecture firm | Jakob + Macfarlane |
The building is the realization of Jakob + Macfarlane's winning design in a 2005 competition intended to create interest in the industrial Confluence area,[1] one requirement of which was the inclusion of negative space; the building's two conical voids, as well as drawing in cool air, create, according to Architectural Record's Jenna M. McKnight, "an extraordinary dialogue with the river, almost bringing it inside."[6] Others, including Telerama's Luc Le Chatelier and Valérie Disdier of the "Maison de l'architecture Rhône-Alpes" were more critical of the design.[3] The Orange Cube's two facades are covered by twenty-five perforated, thermo-lacquered aluminum screens, all made locally.[4]
