38. Paris Le Louvre Egyptian Antiquities Stele of Lady Taperet, 10th or 9th century BC
Ra, the the falcon-headed god of the Sun is shooting rays of flowers at the deceased Lady Taperet
55. Paris
Bird feeding at Notre Dame
Reading near Le Louvre
Shopping near
Le Centre G. Pompidou
56. 150,000 daily workers
37.7 million sq ft of office space
Paris -La Défense
Europe's largest business district.
CNIT (Exhibition Centre)
1958, 1989
Tour Areva, 1974
Cœur Défense, 2001
Grande Arche de la Défense, 1989
57. 18 residential ‘cheap’ rental towers in adjacent Nanterre,
built in the 1970’s and almost demolished in 2005
because they are too expensive to maintain.
Paris -La Défense
Exterior concrete
covered by small
ceramic tiles
Round and tear
shaped windows
76. Paris -La Défense
La Signal
Jean Nouvel won a design
competition to revitalize La
Défense, edging out Foster +
Partners, Daniel Libeskind and
others
The 71-storey building will be
divided into four sections, with
huge atriums facing different
directions.
The Future