Paris Architecture, France : Information + Images

Paris Architecture, alphabetical: La Basilique du Sacré Coeur / Sacre Coeur Basilica - see Sacre Coeur Montmartre, Paris XVIIIe 1912 Paul Abadie, Architect La Grande Arche de La Défense / Grand Arch at La Defense 1 place du parvis de La Défense, Puteaux, Paris XVe 1989 Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Architect Echoing the existing Arche de Triomphe the Grande Arche is typically bombastic for one of Mitterand´s Grand Projets. Unlike the earlier Arche de Triomphe this 35-storey building contains offices located over the formal axis of the Champs-Elysees. Despite the name the architect is apparently Danish. Le Pantheon de Paris / The Pantheon, Paris Paris Ve 1790 Jacques Germain Soufflot, Architect The Pantheon Paris Le Safran Festival Hall, Brie Comte Robert, southeast of Paris 2006 S.C.P.A. Semon-Rapaport Mandataire de L’Equipe Architects Les Bons Enfants - French Ministry of Culture & Communications HQ 2005 Francis Soler Highly unusual building covered in stainless steel tracery Le Monde Headquarters 1990 Du Besset-Lyon Architectes image from the architect Le Monde Building Les Trois Quartiers Library, Paris 1992 Toyo Ito & Associates Lintas Bridge Paris 1985 Ian Ritchie Architects photo © Jocelyne Van den Bossche from Ian Ritchie Architects 2007 Lintas Bridge Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation Architects: Frank Gehry 2007- Paris building Maison de le Roche / Le Roche House Le Corbusier, Architect Home of the Fondation Le Corbusier Maison de L'UNESCO / UNESCO Building Paris VIIe 1958 Marcel Breuer & Pier Luigi Nervi, Architects The UNESCO Building Paris is by two of the most famous architects in the history of Modern Architecture. Another Marcel Breuer building is the Whitney Museum in New York Maison de Verre / The Glass House 31 Rue St-Guillaume 1932 Pierre Chareau, Architect Aka Maison Dalsace / House of Glass: Paris house Maison Ozenfant / Ozenfant House & Studio Maison et atelier Ozenfant, 53, avenue Reille, Paris XIV 1922 Le Corbusier, Architect Masséna development 2009 Atelier Christian de Portzamparc image from the architect Urban competition Metal 57, Renault site - Claude Vasconi Metal 57 redevelopment, Renault site - Dominique Jakob & Brendan Macfarlane Ministry of Finance Building 1982 Chemetov & Huidobro International Architecture Competition win Musée du Louvre / The Louvre Museum Paris Ie 1876; various architects Musée du quai Branly / Quai Branly Museum 15, rue Jean-Baptiste Berlier (near the Eiffel Tower) Jean Nouvel, Architect 2006 Musée Orangerie / Orangerie Museum Tuileries Gardens, central-west Paris Renovation 1998-2006 Notre-Dame Cathedral / Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris Ile de la Cité 6, Place du Parvis, Paris IVe 1250 Architects n/a Offices beside the Périphérique 2009 Sauerbruch Hutton Opéra de la Bastille / Paris Opera building 120 Rue de Lyon, Place de la Bastille, Paris XIIe 1983-89 Carlos Ott, Architect The Opéra National de Paris is one of the weakest buildings of President Mitterrand´s “Les Grands Projects” and much vilified. The story goes that the judges thought it was by Richard Meier but in the `blind` architecture competition a fairly unknown architect, Carlos Ott, won. Opéra Garnier / The Garnier Opera House Paris IXe 1875 Charles Garnier, Architect The auditorium of this famous Paris building was painted by Surrealist artist Marc Chagall in 1964 Pacific Tower / Tour Pacific 1988-92 Kisho Kurokawa Palais de Tokyo / Tokyo Palace Avenue de Président Wilson, 13, Paris XVI 2002 Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal, Architects Adjacent to Museum of Modern Art, Trocadero The Pantheon, Paris / Le Pantheon de Paris, Paris Ve 1789/90 Soufflot Parc de la Villette / Villette Park Porte de la Villette, avenue Jean-Jaurès, Paris IXXe 1993 Bernard Tschumi Architects An architecture competition was held in 1992 for a park on the site of national meat market & slaughterhouse. Paris Orchestra Concert Hall 2007- Jean Nouvel Pajol sports centre, north-central Paris 2006-10 Brisac Gonzalez Architects picture from the architect Paris sports building : Architecture Competition win Pavilion Suisse / Swiss Pavilion Cité Universitaire 1931-32 Le Corbusier, Architect This is one of the key buildings by Le Corbusier in Paris The Phare 2007-12 Morphosis, Architects image from the architect Paris Tower Building Due to be tallest building in Paris after Eiffel Tower International architecture competition winners - Nov 2006 Philharmonie de Paris 2007-12 Atelier Jean Nouvel Paris Philharmonic Pompidou Centre - see Centre George Pompidou 1977 Richard Rogers / Renzo Piano Architects Pompidou Centre Restaurant - Dominique Jakob & Brendan Macfarlane Praetorium office block 2008- Robert Lewis Turner Pyramide du Louvre / Louvre Pyramid Paris Ie 1989 I.M. Pei & Partners [Pei Cobb Freed & Partners], Architects Louvre building Renaissance Paris Wagram Hotel 2008 Atelier Christian de Portzamparc image from the architect Paris Hotel Building 148 rue de l’Université Residence Ladoumegue 2008 ecdm image from the architect Paris Student Housing Design Rue de Meaux / Meaux Street Housing Rue de Meaux 1988-91 Renzo Piano Building Workshop - Architects From the co-designer of the Pompidou Centre: tightly-detailed terracotta-tiled housing. Other Renzo Piano Paris buildings include Schlumberger Facilities in 1981, Bercy 2, Shopping Centre (Charenton Le Pont) in 1987, IRCAM Extension and Thomson Optronics Factory (Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines) both in 1988, Atelier Brancusi in 1992 and the renovation of the Pompidou Centre in 1995. Rue des Suisses - Maison / Suisses Street - Apartment Building 19 rue des Suisses, Paris XIV 2000 Herzog & De Meuron, Architects Sacre Coeur / Sacred Heart Church Montmartre, Paris Sacre Coeur Building Saint-Denis University - Educational Facility 2005 Du Besset-Lyon Architectes picture from the architect Saint-Denis University Schlumberger Building Renovation, Paris 1981-84 Renzo Piano Architects Seguin Island redevelopment, Renault site - Roland Castro & Sophie Denissof Simone de Beauvoir Bridge 2007 Feichtinger Architectes Pedestrian Bridge over the River Seine, adj. Bibliothèque Nationale Société Générale tower, La Défense 2008 Atelier Christian de Portzamparc image from the architect Paris skyscraper Tour Carpe Diem 2008- Robert A.M. Stern Architects picture : studio amd for Robert A.M. Stern Architects Tour Carpe Diem Tour D2 - office block proposal, Avenue Gambetta 2008- Anthony Béchu, Architecte DPLG with Tom Sheehan Tour Eiffel / Eiffel Tower Rue de Champ de Mars, Paris VIIe 1889 Gustave Eiffel photo © isabelle lomholt Eiffel Tower Tour Montparnasse / Montparnasse Tower Paris XVe 1973 Beaudoin, Cassan, De Marien, Saubot; A. Epstein & Sons International, Inc., Architects Paris skyscraper Tour Signal - Architecture Competition 2008- Jean Nouvel image from the architect New tower for Business District of La Défense: Tour Signal Tristan Tzara - Maison / Tristan Tzara House Paris 1926-27 Adolf Loos, Architect Adolf Loos lived in Paris from 1922-27 UNESCO Space for Contemplation UNESCO Building 1996 Tadao Ando Architects Rotunda building by one of the world's most famous architects in his typical style of simple fare-faced concrete. Tadao Ando Architect & Associates are based in Japan. Villa Dall'Ava, Saint Cloud 1989-90 Rem Koolhaas Architects / OMA