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Pompidou Centre, Paris

Pompidou Centre, Paris
The Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges-Pompidou, a Modernist building in steel and glass, was designed by Sir Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano. The building, which opened in 1977, houses a modern art museum, an industrial design centre, and a public library with an extensive audio-visual collection.
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France; Pompidou Centre; Paris (city); Modern Art and Architecture; Piano, Renzo
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