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Famous buildings include the Eiffel Tower, The Louvre and the Pompidou Centre. Also worth checking out is the New Alesia Cinema by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture.
Major historic Parisian buildings include Notre-Dame Cathedral, The Pantheon, Garnier’s Opera House and Sacre Coeur in Montmartre. Major contemporary Parisian structures include The Louvre Museum Pyramid, Parc de la Villette, and the Institut du Monde Arabe south of the River Seine.
Villa Savoie, Poissy, by architect Le Corbusier, is a celebrated 20th Century house on the outskirts of the French capital.
In conclusion, our design posts are informative and together provide a useful architectural resource.
Hotel Renaissance Paris Wagram: on the avenue de Wagram, this new hotel is located on the site of the old Empire Theatre and is characterized by the interplay of undulating horizontal glass bands that seem to form a large interwoven glazed plait.
Le Monde Paris, headquarters building France – contemporary design by Atelier Christian de Portzamparc, Architects – French newspaper HQ development built in 2001-04.
At the confluence of past and future, here is the new Gaîté lyrique. This historic place, echoed with the sounds of so many familiar melodies that are part of our common cultural landscape
The ‘Josephine Baker’ group of schools recently completed by Dominique Coulon in La Courneuve manages to fit into the difficult context of the ‘Cité des 4000’ neighbourhood
The pedestrian bridge with a length of 304 meters links the new districts of Paris- Bercy and Tolbiac – and at the same time the new national french library with the Park Tolbiac.
Linking the west part of the Parisian financial district La Défense with the city of Nanterre via the recently erected high rise building “Tour Granite”, a 90 m long footbridge
In front of La Geode, an ephemeral structure as designed by the architects Jakob + MacFarlane, hellodemain presents the technologies which will be supporting our cities tomorrow.
Fondation Imagine, Paris, France – Ateliers Jean Nouvel / Valero Gadan architectes – Fondation Imagine Paris: new French laboratory building, architecture
Design: STUDIONINEDOTS, architects: Macro LOT AA is located in Rive de Billancourt in Paris, bordering the Seine. The plot is situated at the junction of the old city, the new district, the Seine and Parc de Billancourt.
Sustainable Dwellings in Paris, France, design by MCBAD Colomer Dumont: The project take part of the master plan “ZAC Seguin” located on the lands once occupied by Renault car factory.
The recent French debate surrounding the potential reconstruction of the Tuileries Palace demonstrates that the Louvre is still a major symbolic and political issue.
Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor’s giant sculpture ‘Leviathan’ in Paris’ Grand Palais, alluding to the idea of the cathedral: the body as living, breathing sacred space.
The driving idea guiding our project stems from the challenge of responding to the necessity for urban integration and creating optimum comfort for the residence’s occupants in a convivial and intimate environment.
The building is located on the fringe of Paris city, at ‘Porte de la Villette’, an area where the urban fabric dissolves into heterogeneous industrial infrastructures.
The project is composed of three buildings, it’s an ensemble which while being urban is formed of two contrasting architectural expressions.
In Nanterre, at the western extremity of the district of La Défense, this project fits into an exiguous triangular site and figures as the prow of the Valmy district.
Russian Cultural Centre facilities in Paris include a church, lodgings, library and a public garden. The Russian Orthodox Center is located in the 7E district.