Centre Pompidou: Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, and the Making of a Modern Monument

by Francesco Dal Co

A lively intellectual biography of one of the 20th century's most iconic buildings

The Centre Georges Pompidou, also called Beaubourg, is today considered an icon of contemporary Paris, the quintessence of a modern building, and a model for what a museum can be. In 1971, Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, together with the engineering firm Ove Arup & Partners, won an international architecture competition with their innovative and irreverent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300221290
• ISBN13: 9780300221299
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years