Work

Centre Pompidou

1977
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Inside-out 'cultural machine' with exposed structure and services, the defining work of High-Tech architecture and a populist reinvention of the museum.

Collectivity Exchange Production

Details

Type
Building
Location
Paris, France

Classifications

Holder
Individual
Source of authority
ReasonObservation
Subject
Human centred
Political position
Subaltern resistant
Mode of transmission
Text drawing
Knowledge type
Propositional
Epistemic cluster
Western philosophical

Connections

Referenced by

Sources

  1. Nathan Silver. The Making of Beaubourg: A Building Biography of the Centre Pompidou, Paris. MIT Press, 1994.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Centre Pompidou." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/centre-pompidou/. Accessed July 17, 2026.