Best Modern Buildings in Paris
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Centre Pompidou
Modern art museum and cultural center known for its high-tech architecture and extensive collection of contemporary artworks.
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Chaillot Palace
Historic art deco palace housing museums and cultural institutions, known for its panoramic views of the Eiffel Tower and architectural significance.
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Grand Palais
Historic beaux-arts exhibition hall and museum featuring art nouveau and modern architecture with a large glass dome.
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Montparnasse Tower
Modern office skyscraper with a 56th-floor observation deck providing panoramic 360-degree views of the city.
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Wall for Peace
Modern memorial and sculpture dedicated to peace featuring inscriptions in 49 languages.
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Abbesses
Historic underground metro station known for its Art Nouveau architecture and cultural significance as a filming location.
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Stravinsky Fountain
Whimsical public fountain featuring colorful mechanized sculptures inspired by composer Igor Stravinsky. Created in 1983 by artists Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle, it showcases modern architecture and contemporary art.
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Le Louxor
This cinema's history starts in 1921, when the first movie (Danish science-fiction silent film A Trip to Mars, published in 1918) showed on…
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Grand Mosque of Paris
A fairly young mosque which was built in the city in order to thank more than 100,000 Muslims for fighting in WWI against Germany.
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UNESCO Headquarters
UNESCO Headquarters, or Maison de l'UNESCO, is a building inaugurated on 3 November 1958 at number 7 Place de Fontenoy in Paris, France, to…
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The Docks - City of Fashion and Design
The Cité de la mode et du design is a building located at the site of the old general storehouses on the Quai d'Austerlitz in the 13th…
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Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art
The Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, known simply as the Fondation Cartier, is a contemporary art museum located at 261 boulevard…
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Church of Notre-Dame de l’Arche d’Alliance
This Roman Catholic church looks rather unusual - it consists of a cubic structure covered with an iron grid.
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National Library of France
This huge library comprises of 4 towers shaped as open books. The institution keeps every book, newspaper or magazine ever printed in France.
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House of Glass
The Maison de Verre was built from 1928 to 1932 in Paris, France. Constructed in the early modern style of architecture, the house's design…
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POPB Arena
Accor Arena, also known as Paris-Bercy, is an indoor sports arena and concert hall located in the neighbourhood of Bercy, on the Boulevard…
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Maison Tzara
Nip across the road to see this modern house which was built for Tristan Tzara by Adolf Loos. It's very simple and minimalistic.
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House of Brazil
Maison du Brésil is a student hostel building located in the Cité Universitaire complex in Paris, France, designed by noted architects Le…
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La Cour des Shadoks
Named after controversial Les Shadoks by French animator Jacques Rouxel.
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