Paris Buildings : Information + Images

Diriger aux Bâtiments de Paris The capital of France is a renowned city for architecture. Celebrated architects that lived or worked here include Le Corbusier, Perrault and Nouvel. The city has strong formal axes and spaces, with many interesting buildings by famous designers. Louvre Pyramid ; Eiffel Tower ; Trocadero photos © isabelle lomholt Paris Architecture : buildings listed alphabetically Ten Key Paris Buildings, chronological: 1. Notre-Dame Cathedral 2. The Pantheon 3. Arc de Triomphe 4. Garnier Opera House 5. The Louvre Museum Pyramid 6. Eiffel Tower 7. Sacre Coeur 8. Pompidou Centre 9. Arab du Monde lnstitute 10. Parc de la Villette Major Paris Buildings, alphabetical: Centre George Pompidou, Rue Beaubourg, IVe Richard Rogers / Renzo Piano Architects photo © adrian welch Radical building for its time : Pompidou Centre - Hi -Tech Parisian architecture lnstitut du Monde Arabe, 1 Rue des Fossés, V Jean Nouvel, Architect picture © adrian welch Result of one of the first Grands Projet architecture competitions: Paris building Musée du Louvre, Ie various architects image © isabelle lomholt Pyramide du Louvre, Ie I.M. Pei & Partners Architects picture © isabelle lomholt Louvre building : radical contemporary design, foil to traditional Louvre architecture Tour Eiffel, Rue de Champ de Mars, VIIe Gustave Eiffel image © isabelle lomholt Eiffel Tower : most famous structure in Paris, heroic iron architecture La Basilique du Sacré Coeur, Montmartre, XVIIIe Paul Abadie, Architect photo © isabelle lomholt Paris church : Sacred Heart Church building Key recent Paris Buildings: Hermitage Plaza Foster + Partners picture from the architect Hermitage Plaza : contemporary skyscraper architecture Société Générale tower, La Défense Atelier Christian de Portzamparc image from the architect Paris skyscraper design Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation Building Architects: Frank Gehry Louis Vuitton Paris The Phare Building Morphosis, Architects image from Morphosis Paris Tower Building : due to be tallest building in Paris after Eiffel Tower Tour Carpe Diem Robert A.M. Stern Architects picture : studio amd for Robert A.M. Stern Architects Tour Carpe Diem Paris Architecture welcome : info@e-architect.co.uk Le Grand Pari : Exhibition, Vision 2030 Vision for Greater Paris : Architecture proposal by MVRDV picture from the architects Greater Paris Vision : Architecture proposal by LIN image © Fabio Casiroli, Systematica + LIN Paris Architecture, alphabetical: Arc de Triomphe, Paris VIIIIe / XVIe Jean François Thérèse Chalgrin, Architect; Guillaume Abel Blouet, Architect Bibliotheque Nationale, Quai François-Mauriac 75706, Paris XIIIe Henri Labrouste, Architect Major Paris building that appears in most histories of world architecture. Bibliothèque Nationale François Mitterand, Paris XIIIe Dominique Perrault Architects Cité de la Musique, Avenue Jean-Jaurès, La Villette, Paris IXXe Christian de Portzamparc Architect Cite of the Sciences Building Ian Ritchie Architects photo from the architect Cite of the Sciences Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, 261 boulevard Raspail Jean Nouvel, Architect with Emanuel Cattani et Associés Cartier Foundation building HEC School of Management Building David Chipperfield Architects image : David Chipperfield Architects MBA Building Paris Herold Apartments Jakob+MacFarlane Architectes photo Nicolla Borel © Jakob+MacFarlane Herold Apartment Buildings Hotel Concorde Lafayette, Paris XVIIe Guillaume Gillet, Henri Guibout, Serge Maloletenkov, Architects This Paris building is 137m high La Grande Arche de La Défense, Puteaux, Paris XVe Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Architect Le Pantheon de Paris, Paris Ve Jacques Germain Soufflot, Architect Maison de le Roche Le Corbusier, Architect Modern Parisian Architecture : Home of the Fondation Le Corbusier Maison de L'UNESCO, Paris VIIe Marcel Breuer & Pier Luigi Nervi, Architects Maison de Verre, 31 Rue St-Guillaume Pierre Chareau, Architect Paris house Maison et atelier Ozenfant, 53, avenue Reille, Paris XIV Le Corbusier, Architect Musée du quai Branly, 15, rue Jean-Baptiste Berlier Jean Nouvel, Architect photograph © isabelle lomholt Notre-Dame Cathedral, Ile de la Cité 6, Place du Parvis, Paris IVe - Opéra de la Bastille, 120 Rue de Lyon, Place de la Bastille, Paris XIIe Carlos Ott, Architect Opéra Garnier, Paris IXe Charles Garnier, Architect Parc de la Villette, Porte de la Villette, avenue Jean-Jaurès, Paris IXXe Bernard Tschumi Architects Parisian Architecture competition - 1992 Pavilion Suisse, Cité Universitaire Le Corbusier, Architect World-famous Modern Paris architecture Rue de Meaux Housing Renzo Piano Building Workshop - Architects Rue des Suisses - Maison, 19 rue des Suisses, Paris XIV Herzog & De Meuron, Architects Tour Montparnasse, Paris XVe Beaudoin, Cassan, De Marien, Saubot; A. Epstein & Sons Architects Paris skyscraper UNESCO Space for Contemplation Tadao Ando Architects More Paris Architecture online soon Paris Architects Photo from Eiffel Tower southeast towards Ecole Militaire + Unesco Building tower: picture © isabelle lomholt Major French building by architect Zaha Hadid: Pierre Vives, Montpellier Parisian Architect : Le Corbusier I Villa Savoie : Paris house Tour Signal Building, La Défense : Paris Architecture Competition