Hexagone Balard is the French defense ministry complex in Paris's 15th arrondissement, on a former army air base near Balard Métro station. Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés designed the seven-story command and control center. The French Republic is the owner, and the Opale-Défense consortium won a 30-year contract in 2011 to finance, design, build and operate it. Construction began in 2012, and it was inaugurated on November 5, 2015. The article names no style.
The complex has a white opaque glass-fronted building and walls resistant to missile strikes. A faceted roof is the only part visible from the ring road. It also has a drawbridge and interior gardens. Half of the complex is renovation, including a 1934 navy building by Gustave and Auguste Perret.
It cost about 4 billion euros, and more than 9,300 personnel moved in. Major map services do not show it, for security.
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