Preferred Title:
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Cité de la Musique
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Alternate Title:
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City of Music
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Image View:
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Close view of entry
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Creator:
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Christian Urvoy de Portzamparc (French architect, born 1944)
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Location:
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site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Location Note:
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221, Avenue Jean Jaurès
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Date:
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1989-1995 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Postmodern
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Work Type 1:
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mixed-use development
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Work Type 2:
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museum
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Work Type 3:
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concert hall
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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concrete; steel
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; music; Performing arts; ramp
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Description:
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A group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the La Villette quarter, 19th arrondissement, Paris, France. It consists of an amphitheater; a concert hall that can accommodate an audience of 800-1,000; a museum of music, containing an important collection of classical music instruments dating mainly from the fifteenth- to twentieth-century; and exhibition halls, workshops and archives. Part of François Mitterrand's Grands Projets along with the Parc de la Villette, the Cité de la Musique reinvented La Villette - the former slaughterhouse district. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-PCD-CM-A4
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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