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34 Architectour.lu © OAI 2018 office building designed by Moreno Architecture et Associés. Situated at a crossroads, the glass and stainless steel facade is based on the design of a stack of boxes which interlock at angles offset to the corner of the roads. In a completely different context, the Pfaffenthal public lift 6 designed by STEINMETZDEMEYER responds precisely to a sense of place. The structure is based on an architectural concept situated in the Unesco-protected valley. It becomes a new element of identity for the area and provides a significant sensory experience, thanks to the entirely out-sheath glazed cabin and the panoramic landscape offered by the overhanging footbridge. In an urban environment this time, the Axento building (Arlette Schneiders Archi- tectes) in Kirchberg plays with large-scale geometry and lightness, through its cov- ered atrium, and embraces its relationship to the boulevard by drawing back from the road to display itself to its best advantage. The relationship to its site is also important in the concept by petitcarrée architectes, Schilling Architekten, Teisen & Giesler and Nicklas Architectes, of the European School in Mamer, which pays as much at- tention to the design of the interior spaces as to the exterior spaces. This dialogue with the construction site is also at the heart of the development of the Diamant residence 7 in Dommeldange, designed by Metaform. On a curved, sharply- sloping street, located close to a protected 6. Pfaffenthal public lift, Luxembourg 7. Diamant residence, Dommeldange