Centre Pompidou
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 | Centre Pompidou |
| Designer | Rogers and Piano |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Date | 1972 to 1976 |
| Building Type | modern art museum |
| Construction System | high-tech steel and glass |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | High-Tech Modern |
| Street Address | Place Georges Pompendeau |
| Notes | The "Centre Georges Pompidou", or "Pompidou Center", formerly "Centre Beaubourg". Massive structural expressionist cast exoskeleton, "exterior" escalators enclosed in transparent tube. Designed by the collaboration of Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Centre_Pompidou.html |
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Images
| Centre Pompidou Music | Centre Pompidou Looking Up |
| Centre Pompidou Scales | Centre Pompidou Tour |
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References
- Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. linear circulation diagram, p197.
- Barbie Campbell Cole and Ruth Elias Rogers, ed. Richard Rogers + Partners. London: Architectural Monographs, Academy Editions, 1985. NA 997 .R6 R5 1985 cop.4. ISBN 0-312-68207-7. LC 82-60002. p11, 90-91, 104.
- Bill Lacy. 100 Contemporary Architects: Drawings and Sketches. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1991. NA 2700.L26 1991. ISBN 0-8109-3662-5. LC 91-10155. p190.
- Frank Russell, ed. Architectural Monographs: Richard Rogers + Architects. New York: Academy Editions, 1985. Color photo of aerial view of urban context, f3, p107.
- Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. New York: Facts on File, 1990. ISBN 0-8160-2438-3. NA680.S517. photo of cascading stair tube, p295.
- d'Ivan Zaknic. Le Centre Pompidou. Paris: Flammarion, 1983. Color photo of interior, p62. Color photo of exterior from Renard Street, p18.
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External Links
Systematic Centre Pompidou, by Leonard R. Bachman, ArchitectureWeek No. 173, 2003.1203, pB1.1.
