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Structure-ID: s0000148
Created on: 04/20/99
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Georges Pompidou Center

Centre Georges Pompidou, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou
Completed in: 1977
Status: in use
Location: In Beaubourg, 4th arrondissment, Paris, Ile de France, France
Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris
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Structural Type:
Truss roof
Function / usage:
Museum

Persons involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Renzo Piano
  Richard Rogers
Structural engineer Edmund "Ted" Happold
Engineer Peter Rice

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Structural engineering Ove Arup & Partners

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building structure  steel

Chronology
1970- 1971
International competition

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External Link0lll.com - Architecture Gallery: Pompidou Center English
External LinkArcGuide: Centre Pompidou German
External LinkarchINFORM: Centre Pompidou (Beaubourg) English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkCentre Pompidou English French Spanish
External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Centre Pompidou English
External LinkPBase: Centre Pompidou English
External Linktuwien/dbase: Pompidou German

Relevant Literature
* Paris - Chantiers des Halles et du Centre Georges-Pompidou, in "Bulletin annuel AFPC", 1976- 1977 .
* Wiedereröffnung des Centre Pompidou, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", 2000, n. 2 v. 40 .
* Accorsi, Florence   Beaubourg toujours, in "L'acier pour construire", December 1999, n. 64 .
* Béret, Chantal   Centre Georges Pompidou, in Les musées parisiens ; pp. 186-189.
* Brown, Andre   Peter Rice, Thomas Telford Publishing, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0727727702, 2000.
* Deswarte, Sylvie   L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 79.
* Kaltenbach, Frank   Innovation, Stadt, Poesie - Renzo Piano im Centre Pompidou, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", 2000, n. 2 v. 40 .
* Lapierre, Eric   Guide d'architecture Paris 1900-2008, Editions du Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris (France) , ISBN 2354870035, 2009; pp. # 856.
* Lemoine, Bertrand   100 Monuments du XXe Siècle, Editions France Loisirs, Paris (France) , ISBN 2744134961, 2000; pp. 174-175.
* Margolius, Ivan   Architects + Engineers = Structures, Academy Editions, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471498254; pp. 70.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 113-114.
* Sabbah, Catherine   Horizons architecture / Architectural Horizons, Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281191478, 2001.
* Texier, Simon   Paris, Parigramme, Paris (France) , ISBN 2840964465, 2007; pp. 216-219.

 
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