Architecture Classics: Centre Georges Pompidou / Renzo Piano Building Workshop + Richard Rogers

Adelyn Perez — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:00:00 +0000

In the 1970's architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, both unknown at the time, collaborated and erected one of the most famous and radical buildings of our time, Centre Georges Pompidou. The cultural center in Paris, France turned our world inside out, literally. It all began with Georges Pompidou, President of France from 1969 to 1974, who wanted to construct a cultural center in Paris that would attract visitors and be a monumental aspect of the city. Receiving more than 150 million visitors since is completion thirty three years ago, there is no doubt that Pompidou's vision became a successful reality.

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Architecture Classics: Centre Georges Pompidou / Renzo Piano Building Workshop + Richard Rogers