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Pompidou Centreor Beaubourg CentreFrench national cultural centre, on the rue Beaubourg in the Marais section of Paris. Its full name, the Georges Pompidou National Art and Cultural Centre, recognizes the president of the Republic under whose administration it was commissioned. When formally opened in 1977, the building attracted notoriety for its brightly coloured exterior pipes, ducts, and other exposed architectural elements, and it soon became one of the most visited cultural sites in the world. Though primarily a museum for 20th-century visual arts, it also houses temporary exhibitions, a library, a centre for industrial design, a film museum, and a Centre for Musical and Acoustical Research. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Andrew Carnegie's funding and his squad of Boston architects spread the building type around the continent, and to some degree, around the world, though it is sobering to note that Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers' 1976 Pompidou Centre contained France's first public lending library. Rogers, known for his futuristic-looking, technology-inspired buildings, is well established in the world of architecture, completing such high-profile projects as the Pompidou Centre in Paris, the headquarters for Lloyd's of London and the Millennium Dome in London, the National Assembly for Wales building in Cardiff, and the New Area Terminal at Barajas Airport in Madrid. The firm has designed a wide range of buildings, most notably the celebrated Pompidou Centre in Paris (in collaboration with Renzo Piano), Lloyd's of London and Marks and Spencer, both in London, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, Germany and the Minami Yamashiro Primary School in Japan. |
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