Balenciaga inaugura nueva sede en París: el antiguo Hospital de Laennec, a beautifully restored complex of 17th-century stone buildings arranged in cross formations.
From 1634, 40, rue de Sèvres was dedicated to caring for the poor of Paris. Known as the hospital ‘for Incurables’, it was renamed Laennec Hospital in 1878 – a name it retained until the year 2000. The building’s architecture, while in keeping with the style of many of the great Parisian hospitals such as the Invalides and the Salpêtrière, stands out for its austerity
