lightning, etc.)  The revised roof of this building was reportedly inspired by the Muak Kui, a traditional bamboo hat of China.
lightning, etc.)  The revised roof of this building was reportedly inspired by the Muak Kui, a traditional bamboo hat of China. Home to a permanent collection with canvases like The Sadness of the King and Woman with a Guitar, it stands alongside the Stravinsky Fountain and houses IRCAM, an institution for acoustic research. Much to the outrage of its original architect, it was renovated beginning in 1999 to make customers pay to enter its famous caterpillar-shaped escalators which snake up the exterior of the building in transparent glass tubes. The art deco interior is heavily color coded, with blue for example representing the exposed air conditioning funnels. Located in the Beaubourg area, FTP, name this example of high-tech architecture, built from 1972 to 1976 by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano in Paris and named in honor of the contemporary French president.
lightning, etc.)  The revised roof of this building was reportedly inspired by the Muak Kui, a traditional bamboo hat of China.
{Centre Pompidou} (or “Centre Georges Pompidou” or “Pompidou Centre”)