World New Architecture Pocket Series - Paris

Author: Barbara A. Campbell Han Huiqing
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Publish Date: 2001-10-01
Features: This book weaves together numerous comprehensive arguments and themes—material and political, visible and invisible—that collectively form the city of Paris. This guide follows a tour ending at La Défense, covering a circular area surrounded by the ring road. Within this area, there are diverse architectural works; iconic buildings—the Centre Pompidou, the Louvre Pyramid, the Bibliothèque nationale de France; renovated historic districts; residential complexes, typically designed by young architects; educational facilities, street furniture, parks; and a series of underground projects, including the modernization of sewers and the expansion of the central market. The urban periphery features numerous outdoor large sports fields, industrial buildings, and shopping malls, all conveniently located near branches of the highway network.