These probably are among the 'usual' but you should go to Corb's Salvation Army and the Centre Pompidou. Auguste Perret's apartment building at Rue Franklin (remember from arch history?).
Take the train to Poissy for the Villa Savoye. Make sure it's open first. I didn't. It wasn't.
steven, i had the same problem with the villa savoye.
any of the train stations are amazing structures as well as the nervi/prouve CNIT building. it is altered, but the structure and window wall are amazing. prouve did the window wall and nervi did the structure. the structure rests on 3 point and spans 900ft ish. i can't remember how far the span is but it is great.
more corb to see >> maison la roche/jenneret and maison cook
i was also going to say check out Publicis drugstore and nearby Cafe Nescafe on Avenue Wagram by Saee...
also check out Herzog and de Meuron apartment on Rue des Suisses in the 14th, and Corb's two buildings, the Brazil and Swiss pavillions at the Cite Universitaire, also in the 14th. very worth seeing....you can get a tour of the rooms inside for a couple euro i think...
cross the river around the louvre area, or just north of the pompidou and walk around the alleyways. architecture always looks betters in pictures, the real city you have to see to understan!
hi there !
Want to go to Ronchamp?
Ronchamp is a 3 to 4 hours drive from Paris. Gather some friends with an interest in architecture, driver's license (a car...), a good map, and hit the highway towards Metz/Nancy... no further indication since getting lost around there is quite nice, actually...
I guess another option would be to take a train to Besançon. There's probably a bus going to Ronchamp from there...
if you're lucky enough to find a car, my advice: take a couple of days to see what's around. Start with Basel (Swiss border), less architecturally interested people will be gratefull. It's quite a nice romantic destination that will soften whoever you're with before Vitra (German border), which only your most faithfull non architect friends will survive.
Both are around an hour's drive from Ronchamp. Corbu->Gothic Basel+H&dM->FoG+Hadid+Ando... an express architecture pilgimage, for the hardcore architectural sightseer!
Thought I start this post up again, since I'll be visiting Paris in July. Are there any new contemporary architecture that's worth visiting other than those mentioned? ie. something like the Publicis Drugstore by Michael Saee.
You should check the recent projects from Ibos et Vitar. Haven't had time to visit them myself, but the pics look pretty cool.. eventhough their "maison des enfants" received a lot of criticism here.
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Architectural Sites in Paris
I will be in Paris over Thanksgiving.
Besides the usual tourist places (ie, louve, e.tower, etc.) what other architectural sites would be on the list of must sees?
These probably are among the 'usual' but you should go to Corb's Salvation Army and the Centre Pompidou. Auguste Perret's apartment building at Rue Franklin (remember from arch history?).
Take the train to Poissy for the Villa Savoye. Make sure it's open first. I didn't. It wasn't.
Pompidou, of course
GO IN the Arab Institute by Nouvel, simply amazing!
Maison de Verre if you can line up a tour (pretty impossible on this short notice)
Walk through La Defense, some cool stuff, the chapel there is pretty cool
do the Nortre Dame thing and the Arch de Triumph (cool view from top)
just outside of Paris is the School of Arch. by Tschumi
-there's so much more, but a week isn't enough
steven, i had the same problem with the villa savoye.
any of the train stations are amazing structures as well as the nervi/prouve CNIT building. it is altered, but the structure and window wall are amazing. prouve did the window wall and nervi did the structure. the structure rests on 3 point and spans 900ft ish. i can't remember how far the span is but it is great.
more corb to see >> maison la roche/jenneret and maison cook
i think there was a previous thread about this...
but yeah, you could spend years in paris and not see everything.
parc la vilette. by Tschumi
kind of a depressing Turkey day event, but the Catacombs are dope
Check out the Publicis Drug Store by Michele Saee
http://www.europaconcorsi.com/db/pub/scheda.php?id=1021
i was also going to say check out Publicis drugstore and nearby Cafe Nescafe on Avenue Wagram by Saee...
also check out Herzog and de Meuron apartment on Rue des Suisses in the 14th, and Corb's two buildings, the Brazil and Swiss pavillions at the Cite Universitaire, also in the 14th. very worth seeing....you can get a tour of the rooms inside for a couple euro i think...
How does one get to Ronchamp from Paris?
Have you checked that:
http://www.chapellederonchamp.com/
?
sorry
www.chapellederonchamp.com/
I hadn't seen this thread before, but don't forget to check the construction of the musée des arts premiers by Nouvel, on Quai Branly, close to the eiffel tower. Impressive stuff.
park citroen
pompidou
hey, la villette!!!
cross the river around the louvre area, or just north of the pompidou and walk around the alleyways. architecture always looks betters in pictures, the real city you have to see to understan!
enjoy!
hi there !
Want to go to Ronchamp?
Ronchamp is a 3 to 4 hours drive from Paris. Gather some friends with an interest in architecture, driver's license (a car...), a good map, and hit the highway towards Metz/Nancy... no further indication since getting lost around there is quite nice, actually...
I guess another option would be to take a train to Besançon. There's probably a bus going to Ronchamp from there...
Easiest would be to go to the Parisian tourism office on av. de l'Opéra to check all the different options.
if you're lucky enough to find a car, my advice: take a couple of days to see what's around. Start with Basel (Swiss border), less architecturally interested people will be gratefull. It's quite a nice romantic destination that will soften whoever you're with before Vitra (German border), which only your most faithfull non architect friends will survive.
Both are around an hour's drive from Ronchamp. Corbu->Gothic Basel+H&dM->FoG+Hadid+Ando... an express architecture pilgimage, for the hardcore architectural sightseer!
Thought I start this post up again, since I'll be visiting Paris in July. Are there any new contemporary architecture that's worth visiting other than those mentioned? ie. something like the Publicis Drugstore by Michael Saee.
You should check the recent projects from Ibos et Vitar. Haven't had time to visit them myself, but the pics look pretty cool.. eventhough their "maison des enfants" received a lot of criticism here.
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