La Grande Arche
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 | La Grande Arche |
| Designer | Johann Otto von Spreckelsen |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Date | 1982 to 1990 |
| Building Type | skyscraper, government office tower |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
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| Notes | Plan fills a 100 meter square with a tremendous squared arch, rising 110m. Fabric canopy and transparent tube elevator under the huge square arch. Completed by Paul Andreau. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/La_Grande_Arche.html |
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On the Place de la Defense, where it is the pre-eminent landmark, and distantly on axis with the Arc de Triomphe and Champs Elysees.
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Johnson Architectural Images. Copyrighted slides in the Artifice Collection.
Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. New York: Facts on File, 1990. ISBN 0-8160-2438-3. NA680.S517. exterior photo, p410. — Available at Amazon.com
"Tete Defense", Arkitektur DK, January/February 1990, Volume 34 Number 1. Color photo of plateau with the elevator towers to the left and the Crater to the right, p64. Color photo of detail of elevator tower, p63. Color photo of exterior, p49. Color photo of exterior, p72-73. Photo begins on right side of p72 and continues onto p73. photo of exterior, p75.
Alene Stickles, University of Oregon. Slide from photographer's collection, June 1993. PCD.2365.1012.0634.035. PCD.2365.1012.0634.036, External elevators. PCD.2365.1012.0634.037, Detail of canopy. PCD.2365.1012.0634.038, Facade detail. PCD.2365.1012.0634.039, view toward Paris from La Grande Arche. PCD.2365.1012.0634.040. PCD.2365.1012.0634.042. PCD.2365.1012.0634.043.
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La Grande Arche — Pages with facts, images, maps, and more. Mostly in German.
