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December 24, 2008
Paris and new architecture
Here's an interesting article about newness in architecture in Paris. A key paragraph:
"...France is so provocative in so many fields, so open to other cultures, yet in architecture it's seemed trapped. Its schools of architecture have been pretty conservative, inward looking." They've been dominated by the "soixant-huitards", the May 1968 generation.
From an interview with Jakob Macfarlane on the opening of the new Cité de la Mode et du Design - which you see a night view of on the right. The interview looks at ways the French state encourages and retards architecture by funding architects - and it explains some of what's going on in that exciting building.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at December 24, 2008 9:13 AM
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do you have a link for that article?
.....I hate it when I do that! Yes - repaired. --MCT
Posted by: Patrick at December 24, 2008 11:01 PM