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s0000133 |
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04/13/99 |
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11/21/08 |
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Clouds of the Great Arch of La Défense (1989)
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Paris-La Défense
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| Description | Value |
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| façade |
marble
glass
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| building structure |
reinforced concrete
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width |
106.90 m | | |
height |
110.90 m | | |
length |
112 m | | |
number of floors (above ground) |
35 |
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concrete volume |
125 000 m3 |
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| The arch is inclined by 6.33 degrees towards the "Grand Axe" on which it lies, the "Grand Axe" being the line beginning at the Louvre (with a similar off-axis inclination) and passing through the Arc de Triomphe du Caroussel, the Champs-Elysées and the Arc de Triomphe and going over the Pont de Neuilly towards La Défense. While it has been speculated that the reason for this is either a perspectival ploy by the architect to give a better feel for the depth of the cube or to mirror the off-axis location of the Louvre, the primary reason is more practical. The foundations of the Great Arch are a series of huge columns placed in parallel to the sides of the cube and in the corners totaling twelve columns that have to penetrate into a ground that is highly perforated by the tunnels for the autoroute A14 and the RER A and Metro line 1. Additionally, an underground train station is located directly underneath and a section of the Quatre Temps Mall's parking garage intersects with the floor plan. |
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Grands Travaux, Connaissance des Arts, Paris (France) ; pp. 40-47.
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Chaslin, Francois La Grande Arche de la Défense, Electa Moniteur, Paris (France) , 1989.
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Courtiau, Jean-Pierre La Grande Arche, Éditions du Demi-Cercle, Paris (France) , ISBN 2907757199, 1994.
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de Senneville, Gérard La Défense, Éditions Albin Michel, Paris (France) , ISBN 2226061347, 1992; pp. 37.
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Duez, Bernard La Grande Arche, presented at .
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Dupavillon, Christian Le Triomphe des Arcs, Découvertes Gallimard, Paris (France) , ISBN 2070530817, 1989; pp. 82-96, 112-121.
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EPAD Tête Défense, Electa Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2866530152, 1984.
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IREX Synthèse des travaux du projet national BHP 2000 sur les bétons à hautes performances, Presses de l'Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (France) , ISBN 285978408X, 2005.
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Lemoine, Bertrand 100 Monuments du XXe Siècle, Editions France Loisirs, Paris (France) , ISBN 2744134961, 2000; pp. 202-203.
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Mission Interministérielle de Coordination des Grandes Opérations ... Architectures capitales, Electa Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2866530411, 1988.
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Seidl, Ernst La Grande Arche in Paris, Kovac, Hamburg (Germany) , ISBN 3860647024, 1998.
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Spreckelsen, Johan Otto von Johan Otto von Spreckelsen: l'Arche de la Défense, in
"Architektur DK", 1990, n. 1-2 v. 34 .
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Virgitti, Damien Opération check-up pour la Défense, in
"Chantiers de France", February 2008, n. 407 .
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