France’s New Defense Building, Inspired by the Pentagon, Is … a Hexagon

On Thursday, French President François Hollande inaugurated the country’s new Ministry of Defense, a $4.5 billion project that has long been billed as France’s answer to the Pentagon. For the first time, more than 9,000 personnel from the French Army, Navy, and Air Force have abandoned a dozen scattered offices in charming 18th-century mansions in Paris and nearby suburbs to unite under one roof.
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