PARIS – CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE IN THE CENTER OF PARIS

DESCRIPTION – Paris: Contemporary architecture in the center of Paris

With an architect as your guide, see and rediscover the iconic contemporary pieces of architecture in the center of Paris, from the avant-garde Centre Pompidou to the five Louvre pyramids.

In the next decade, the center of Paris will be transformed by new architectural projects: The new Canopy entrance to the underground Les Halles shopping mall, the fine rehabilitation of the Bourse de Commerce by Tadao Ando, the sophisticated extension of the Lafayette Anticipations foundation made by Rem Koolhaas, the new Post office made by Dominique Perrault and the extension of the 19th Century French Ministry of Culture and its elegant metalwork. We will also see the Samaritaine, the famous Art Deco / Art Nouveau complex, which is the new elegant luxury store in the center of Paris, refurbished by the Japanese architects SANAA who proposed a surprising glass curtain for the facade.