I enjoy going home to Paris every year and noticing new architectural design that the city is emerging with. I went last summer and while I was driving from the east side to downtown I saw a green structural skin on the South side of the Seine river in the industrial area where the old docks used to be. I found out it will be the “Cité de la mode et du Design” which translate to Center for Fashion and Design designed by Jakob + MacFarlane. http://mapage.noos.fr/jmac/index.htm.
The contrast of the old buildings and the new designs an old city like Paris experiences always amazes me. The city stays current while keeping its architectural heritage. The center was supposed to open this spring of 2009, I am unsure if it is actually opened yet due to delays in construction. Hopefully I will see it next time I will go and maybe observe another architectural transformation in progress…
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