Richard Rogers / Renzo Piano building, Paris, France
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Pompidou Centre / Centre George Pompidou, Paris IVe
1976
Rogers / Piano Architects
Centre George Pompidou / Pompidou Centre
Rue Beaubourg, Paris IVe
1971-76(77)
Richard Rogers / Renzo Piano Architects
Radical building for its time with service ducts expressed on the exterior and all structure glamourised and articulated externally where possible. The architectural realisation of some Archigram ideas, with escalators providing dynamism to the main west facade. Half of the plot was given over to a rectilinear square which again added dynamism to the architecture. Also known as the Beaubourg Centre or simply The Pompidou building.
Renovation of Centre Georges Pompidou: 1995 - Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Centre Pompidou Architecture Exhibition : Enjeu Capital(es), Oct 2009
Scanned photos of Beaubourg Centre by Isabelle Lomholt in 1989
View from the building:
The famous escalator
Coloured ducts - early example of Hi-Tech Architecture
Pool & Square at south side of Pompidou Centre
Pompidou Centre Architects - Richard Rogers buildings
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Pompidou Centre Architects:
Richard Rogers Partnership are based in London
Renzo Piano Building Workshop are based in Genoa, Italy, but opened a Paris studio in 1987. Renzo Piano was awarded the Legion d'Honneur in 1995
Centre Pompidou Architecture Exhibition : Dominique Perrault
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