 As the secularist French state may not use public funds for religious buildings, Saint-Pierre is now used as a cultural venue.In the World Architecture Survey of 2010, by Vanity Fair magazine, the building was ranked as second in the rankings of the top structures built in the twenty-first century, receiving four votes.American deconstructionist architect Peter Eisenman asserted in his response that this building is the most important structure built since 1980.