National Library of France
Architect: Dominique Perrault Architecture
Year: 1995
Location: Paris, France
Category: Cultural / Library
About
On the banks of the river Seine, just east of the Île de la Cité and downtown Paris , stand the four glittering towers of the National Library of France . Bent around the outskirts of a public esplanade, these towers are Dominique Perrault ’s modern take on the age-old Parisian tradition of monumental public architecture. The project is both volume and void, enclosure and exposure, a juxtaposition of contrasting ideas that is as reverent of its place in a thousand-year-old legacy as it is deliberately self-critical.
Building Info
- Total Floor Area: 365173 m²
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