Go see some of the obvious too if you haven't yet.
Outside of that, architecturally speaking, there's plenty of small to medium sized project that are worth checking. The recent projects from Ibos et Vitar, like the maison des adolescent or the firehouse, and by many other architects. Check the pavillon de l'arsenal ( www.pavillon-arsenal.com ) for info, and the galerie d'architecture ( www.galerie-architecture.fr ).
Probably plenty of stuff during the summer if you are looking for parties. Check www.vodkacoca.com for stuff to do at night. Also, hang out at the bar ourcq ( http://barourcq.free.fr/ ) my favorite bar in paris right now, nearby the canal de l'ourcq.
There's more, but you need to be more specific...
small architecture goodies, not regular tourist attractions. i'll se the 'obvious' anyway, but i was hoping for something special too. like new constructions or houses...
Across the street from the Cartier FOundation (as it is called) is an architecture school. When I was there, we were able to walk right in and look around.
A building that really amazed me is Jeanne Hachette by Jean Raudie. This building is a concrete version of the hanging gardens of Babylon.
It is located in Ivry-sur-Seine, to get there take metro line 7 and go to the final stop; Mairie d'Ivry. No need to search, the building is right there when you leve the metro.
On the other end of metro line 7 there is parc la vilette by Tschumi, great if you want to escape the heat. Next to the parc there are buildings by Portzamparc (cite de la musique) and Aldo Rossi.
Paris is great, have fun : )
take the RER to savoye...
take the RER to see the cathedral St. Denis...if you remember your arch hist...it is really an important piece to gothic arch in general. speaking of gothic...chartres is really everything that your arch hist teach told it was!!
a day trip (train) can take you to ronchamp to see the church there...
worth the pilgramage!! you can go to maison de la roche (above) and ask how to get there.
i second the parks...also spend some time down in bercy. you can see a dead gehry building...but some great social housing....mixed in with parks and new buildings...very interesting. plus a stadium with grass on it! first time i went there they were mowing it...
go up to monmarte...great view of paris...and one of the most influential areas with the homes of some of the greatest thinkers of the last century! (speaking of last century...don't miss the musee d'orsay...impressionists (too crowded but a GREAT furniture section...) great building!
keep mixing the old and the new...the city is one of the most dynamic cities!
this is obvious but just because i enjoy it so much, i'd mention the centre pompidou, as a building and for the exhibits and the view from the top, and the plaza at the bottom, and the atelier brancusi near by, and the marais neighborhood to the east.
i enjoyed browsing around the shakespeare and co. bookstore, although not the original i felt it was nice.
one of those homes raj mentions would be tristan tzara's house by adolf loos, although you can't get in [maybe you can find a way].
i don't know if any of these are on your obvious list..
napoleon's tomb and the war museum behind it - invalides? the medieval town models on the top floor are nice
rodin museum
muse dorse
villa la roche -corbu foundation
latin neighborhood - walk about
arch de triumph (better view than grand i think) and grand arch
Building: Apartment Building
Architect: Herzog & De Meuron
Year: 2000
Location: Paris, 19 rue des Suisses, 14th Arrondissement
Getting There: Metro 13, Exit Plaisance. From rue Losserand turn left into the rue Pauly
I lived in Paris for a year and didn't know this was there until i moved. Boy was i pissed.
double check a map...these directions are second hand.
I admit to being a total idiot when I tried to convince the receptionist at the Maison de Verre to let me in.
it is set in a small courtyard behind a green door from the street. A friend and I waited for someone to leave then we snuck in behind them before the door closed. Eagerly ringing the doorbell in our worst french we said we had a doctors appointment..
She started cracking up and said 'ok architects, come in'.
-- yeah like how did I know the doctor was an ObGyn.
"The Palais de Tokyo has invited M/M (Paris) to put on display some of the major artworks from one of the most prestigious collections of contemporary art in Europe, The Dakis Joannou Collection. For two months a veritable visual opera will occupy the whole Palais de Tokyo, bringing together under one roof major artworks by some of the leading artists of the last two decades. Plunged by M/M (Paris) into an unexpected multiform graphic context, essential works of art will go through multiple translations..."
That's from the press release... the Joannou collection is really interesting and the graphic work of M/M has always been fresh and innovative... I'm also planning a visit there
oana, i didn't know they were romanian! accidentally appropriate post.
i actually ran into the maison de verre by accident - i was given the wrong address so i had given up on it, and on my last day i ran into it just walking around. but it didn't occur to me that i could argue an appointment. next time around...
more housing: renzo piano's rue de meaux [i did walk in after someone in this one : ) ]
The Palais de Tokyo is an incredible place, both for its rich contemporary art programming as well as building itself, rennovated by Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal. I was in Paris for three months a few years ago, and didn't make it there until my last week. I returned each of my last three days - easily one of the best places I visited in Paris.
i just got back from spending eight month there. besides all the big tourist stuff, id highly recommend the palais de tokyo (as mentioned before). also the maison de verre is incredible, though i only got to go b/c a professor of mine knew the owners.
the hdem apartments are nice but the courtyard is the nicest part and the residents would die fighting before they let anyone from the outside world in there. probably not worth trying, unless your a huge fan.
theres a contemporary architecture museum called pavilion de l'arsenal thats worth dropping by.
i would also recommend taking the rooftop tour of the pantheon, the views are incredible.
if youre looking for nice bars, i can recommend a few....check out rendez-vous des amis at metro abessess, pop-in at metro st. sebastian, or piano vache near the pantheon.
ok. i'm having a list ... it seems like the 10 days i've planned will turn into 10 month (i wish) so i get to see everything...
anyway, on the road i'll stop in viena and graz... so, any tipps, especially for viena?
nah for real?...I lived in paris for a year and took several people in the h&dM appartment courtyard, though maybe its because we don't have american accents.
see the cite universitaire www.ciup.com for an interesting pastiche of 20th century architecture (2 corbus, lucio costa and others...) ...also ood place to meet other students and try all kind of sport activities from soccer to paragliding at affordable prices
see the cite universitaire www.ciup.com in the 14th for an interesting pastiche of 20th century architecture (2 corbus, lucio costa and others...) ...also ood place to meet other students and try all kind of sport activities from soccer to paragliding at affordable prices
be sure to check out la butte aux cailles a very pleasant "village in the city" between 14th and 13th, with great bars, cafes and restaurants all very affordable, far from the usual touris mainstream like marais and packed with a young hip student crowd on weekends, "Chez Gladines" is an absolut must with their homemade sangria and "worldfamous" salade cinq diamants... aaahhh I need to go back there...
in vienna, swing by the architecture museum in the museum quarter, you can get the 411 on everything in the city,
i would recommend checking out the gasometer renovations (metro gasometer), karl marx hof for some socialist architecture, and at least one building from coop himmelbleau (sp?), and one from loos.
and racheal whiteread has her jewish memorial sculpture in vienna.
the opera house in vienna is where a lot of the greats got their starts, might be worth checking out a show.
things, one might see in paris;
french people crying for quickly disappearing from the world radar and tearing up the chirac posters they have in the "kitchen". next, a street scene with, le pen and brigitte bardot running for joint presidency.
things to see in paris
and i don't mean paris hilton.
i'm going there for the holidays and was hoping to hear about some interesting architecture and non arch tips. besides the obvious.
Go see some of the obvious too if you haven't yet.
Outside of that, architecturally speaking, there's plenty of small to medium sized project that are worth checking. The recent projects from Ibos et Vitar, like the maison des adolescent or the firehouse, and by many other architects. Check the pavillon de l'arsenal ( www.pavillon-arsenal.com ) for info, and the galerie d'architecture ( www.galerie-architecture.fr ).
Probably plenty of stuff during the summer if you are looking for parties. Check www.vodkacoca.com for stuff to do at night. Also, hang out at the bar ourcq ( http://barourcq.free.fr/ ) my favorite bar in paris right now, nearby the canal de l'ourcq.
There's more, but you need to be more specific...
morrison's grave
small architecture goodies, not regular tourist attractions. i'll se the 'obvious' anyway, but i was hoping for something special too. like new constructions or houses...
Oana, check out the Cartier Gallery by Jean Nouvel, there is usually a very good exhibit and the bldg is very elegant also...
Across the street from the Cartier FOundation (as it is called) is an architecture school. When I was there, we were able to walk right in and look around.
Monde Arab, Cartier -Nouvel
Biblioteque National -Perrault
Maison de Verre -Chareau (if you can get a tour)
Mason de le Roche sp? - Corbs
the parks are awesome!
Park Citroen
Park La Vilette
the Viaduct
A building that really amazed me is Jeanne Hachette by Jean Raudie. This building is a concrete version of the hanging gardens of Babylon.
It is located in Ivry-sur-Seine, to get there take metro line 7 and go to the final stop; Mairie d'Ivry. No need to search, the building is right there when you leve the metro.
On the other end of metro line 7 there is parc la vilette by Tschumi, great if you want to escape the heat. Next to the parc there are buildings by Portzamparc (cite de la musique) and Aldo Rossi.
Paris is great, have fun : )
that would be jean renaudie
take the RER to savoye...
take the RER to see the cathedral St. Denis...if you remember your arch hist...it is really an important piece to gothic arch in general. speaking of gothic...chartres is really everything that your arch hist teach told it was!!
a day trip (train) can take you to ronchamp to see the church there...
worth the pilgramage!! you can go to maison de la roche (above) and ask how to get there.
i second the parks...also spend some time down in bercy. you can see a dead gehry building...but some great social housing....mixed in with parks and new buildings...very interesting. plus a stadium with grass on it! first time i went there they were mowing it...
go up to monmarte...great view of paris...and one of the most influential areas with the homes of some of the greatest thinkers of the last century! (speaking of last century...don't miss the musee d'orsay...impressionists (too crowded but a GREAT furniture section...) great building!
keep mixing the old and the new...the city is one of the most dynamic cities!
this is obvious but just because i enjoy it so much, i'd mention the centre pompidou, as a building and for the exhibits and the view from the top, and the plaza at the bottom, and the atelier brancusi near by, and the marais neighborhood to the east.
i enjoyed browsing around the shakespeare and co. bookstore, although not the original i felt it was nice.
one of those homes raj mentions would be tristan tzara's house by adolf loos, although you can't get in [maybe you can find a way].
i don't know if any of these are on your obvious list..
napoleon's tomb and the war museum behind it - invalides? the medieval town models on the top floor are nice
rodin museum
muse dorse
villa la roche -corbu foundation
latin neighborhood - walk about
arch de triumph (better view than grand i think) and grand arch
thanx a lot.
btw aml, you mentioned 2 romanians in your post: brancusi and tzara. don't know though if people know where they come from.
go see the AFH/LiLA Design mobile heath clinic prototype at the Pompidou Center (opening June 29th!)
Check out the MK2 cinema near the Grande Bibliothèque by Dominique Perreault.
Also "Musée du quai Branly" by Jean Nouvel in construction near the Eiffel Tower.
Check www.archi-guide.com
it's got a list of almost all projects by "arrondissement"
go to the villa savoye absolutely
little known H&DM building in the 14th.
Building: Apartment Building
Architect: Herzog & De Meuron
Year: 2000
Location: Paris, 19 rue des Suisses, 14th Arrondissement
Getting There: Metro 13, Exit Plaisance. From rue Losserand turn left into the rue Pauly
I lived in Paris for a year and didn't know this was there until i moved. Boy was i pissed.
double check a map...these directions are second hand.
I admit to being a total idiot when I tried to convince the receptionist at the Maison de Verre to let me in.
it is set in a small courtyard behind a green door from the street. A friend and I waited for someone to leave then we snuck in behind them before the door closed. Eagerly ringing the doorbell in our worst french we said we had a doctors appointment..
She started cracking up and said 'ok architects, come in'.
-- yeah like how did I know the doctor was an ObGyn.
"The Palais de Tokyo has invited M/M (Paris) to put on display some of the major artworks from one of the most prestigious collections of contemporary art in Europe, The Dakis Joannou Collection. For two months a veritable visual opera will occupy the whole Palais de Tokyo, bringing together under one roof major artworks by some of the leading artists of the last two decades. Plunged by M/M (Paris) into an unexpected multiform graphic context, essential works of art will go through multiple translations..."
That's from the press release... the Joannou collection is really interesting and the graphic work of M/M has always been fresh and innovative... I'm also planning a visit there
oana, i didn't know they were romanian! accidentally appropriate post.
i actually ran into the maison de verre by accident - i was given the wrong address so i had given up on it, and on my last day i ran into it just walking around. but it didn't occur to me that i could argue an appointment. next time around...
more housing: renzo piano's rue de meaux [i did walk in after someone in this one : ) ]
Malmaison
The Palais de Tokyo is an incredible place, both for its rich contemporary art programming as well as building itself, rennovated by Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal. I was in Paris for three months a few years ago, and didn't make it there until my last week. I returned each of my last three days - easily one of the best places I visited in Paris.
Clignancourt flea market
i just got back from spending eight month there. besides all the big tourist stuff, id highly recommend the palais de tokyo (as mentioned before). also the maison de verre is incredible, though i only got to go b/c a professor of mine knew the owners.
the hdem apartments are nice but the courtyard is the nicest part and the residents would die fighting before they let anyone from the outside world in there. probably not worth trying, unless your a huge fan.
theres a contemporary architecture museum called pavilion de l'arsenal thats worth dropping by.
i would also recommend taking the rooftop tour of the pantheon, the views are incredible.
if youre looking for nice bars, i can recommend a few....check out rendez-vous des amis at metro abessess, pop-in at metro st. sebastian, or piano vache near the pantheon.
ok. i'm having a list ... it seems like the 10 days i've planned will turn into 10 month (i wish) so i get to see everything...
anyway, on the road i'll stop in viena and graz... so, any tipps, especially for viena?
aaaaaaaaaand hopefully stuttgart...
nah for real?...I lived in paris for a year and took several people in the h&dM appartment courtyard, though maybe its because we don't have american accents.
Last summer's set of answer to similar question. compare and contrast.
http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=5732_0_42_0_C
see the cite universitaire www.ciup.com for an interesting pastiche of 20th century architecture (2 corbus, lucio costa and others...) ...also ood place to meet other students and try all kind of sport activities from soccer to paragliding at affordable prices
see the cite universitaire www.ciup.com in the 14th for an interesting pastiche of 20th century architecture (2 corbus, lucio costa and others...) ...also ood place to meet other students and try all kind of sport activities from soccer to paragliding at affordable prices
be sure to check out la butte aux cailles a very pleasant "village in the city" between 14th and 13th, with great bars, cafes and restaurants all very affordable, far from the usual touris mainstream like marais and packed with a young hip student crowd on weekends, "Chez Gladines" is an absolut must with their homemade sangria and "worldfamous" salade cinq diamants... aaahhh I need to go back there...
Oana S. -
in vienna, swing by the architecture museum in the museum quarter, you can get the 411 on everything in the city,
i would recommend checking out the gasometer renovations (metro gasometer), karl marx hof for some socialist architecture, and at least one building from coop himmelbleau (sp?), and one from loos.
and racheal whiteread has her jewish memorial sculpture in vienna.
the opera house in vienna is where a lot of the greats got their starts, might be worth checking out a show.
the MAK (museum of applied arts), Wagner!, Loos and just walking the streets is fun with the tram lanes, car lanes and pedestrian lanes
things, one might see in paris;
french people crying for quickly disappearing from the world radar and tearing up the chirac posters they have in the "kitchen". next, a street scene with, le pen and brigitte bardot running for joint presidency.
thanks a lot...
here is a little bit of the what i managed to do/see.
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