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MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN PARIS

Allen Chui Architects, TorontoPresents

Best Modern Structures in Paris:Contact: David Chui- Principal Architect

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MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN PARIS

I was recently in Paris, to review some project information. I was amazed with the combination of the Old and Modern structures inter-mixed in the City.

You have to be in Paris to enjoy the moment, and see for yourself. Enjoy rest of the silde

show. David

Cité de La Mode et du Design / Jakob + Macfarlane

- 14400 square meters (4 levels)

- Made of steel and green mesh structure for better insulation, ventilation, and cooling

- Used as a gallery/museum

Fondation Cartier / Jean Nouvel

- Glass “curtain wall” on all 4 sides acting as windows and mirrors reflecting the sky and cityscape

- Ground floor used for exhibitions

Tour Granite / Christian de Portzamparc

- a triangular site and takes a dual form: a dihedral that forms the front of the complex, and prism-shaped flanks

- sloping roof accentuate its height, reinforcing its strong presence

Novancia business school /AS.Architecture-Studio

- accommodates 1500 students

- 3 amphitheatres

- 260-seat auditorium

- Recording studio

- Glass facades composed of mobile vertical shutters with coloured printed glass

The Phare/ Morphosis Architects

- “Light house Tower”

- 71 floors- 1,400,000 sq. ft.- Designed to be a

green building (environmentally responsible and resource efficient throughout building’s life cycle)

Philharmonie de Paris / Ateliers Jean Nouvel

- A concert hall with remarkable acoustics (high clarity with ample reverberation)

- 2,400 seats- Cost: 200 million

€

Duo Towers /Ateliers Jean Nouvel

- Project cost : 500/600 million0 €

- 175 & 115 m tall- 90,000 sqm of office

space- 237 room four star

hotel- 1,800 sqm of

commercial space (including a revolving restaurant)

Paris Pyramid Building /

Herzog & de Meuron

- 40 storeys - A total of 9, 806, 000

sqm - To be completed in 2017- Expected cost 500

million € - Building will use wind

and solar energy - Will become third tallest

building in Paris

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