The arts center in Paris by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, opened in 1977, which turned the building inside out: structure, ducts, and escalators worn on the exterior in coded colors so the floors inside stay completely free. Scandalous when new, it became one of the most visited cultural buildings in Europe and the flagship of high-tech architecture.
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Building Type Completed Year Height (m)Sourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Designed By
In equal partnership with Richard Rogers, whose entity this founding wave has not yet minted.
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Uses Element
Source Centre Pompidou (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, located there.
Sources
1. Centre Pompidou (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEntity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
The Centre Pompidou (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃tʁ pɔ̃pidu]), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou (lit. 'Georges Pompidou National Centre of Art and Culture'), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in Paris, France. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture by the architectural team of Richard Rogers, Su Rogers and Renzo Piano, along with Gianfranco Franchini. It is named after Georges Pompidou, the President of France from 1969 to 1974 who commissioned the building, and was officially open
Uses Element: Structural Steel, Technical specifications
Steel superstructure with reinforced concrete floors
View the Source 2. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.britannica.com/topic/Pompidou-Centre, opening and design section
The Pompidou Centre was formally opened on January 31, 1977, by the French president, Valery Giscard d'Estaing. Its overpowering industrial-looking exterior, which dwarfs its surroundings, attracted notoriety for its brightly coloured exterior pipes, ducts, and other exposed services. The architects were Renzo Piano of Italy and Richard Rogers of Britain.
- Designed By: Renzo Piano
- In Style: High-Tech Architecture
View the Source 3. Centre Pompidou (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata height (P2048) statement: 42.0Quote, Wikidata height (P2048) statement: 42.0
Wikidata item Q178065, property P2048 (height): 42.0 m (converted to metres, preferred/normal rank, non-deprecated)
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