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That very day, President Mitterrand decided that it would become the Grande Arche. New features appeared. These additions offered new possibilities for trade shows and exhibitions. The diversity of the architecture, the real estate and the surface areas and configurations available was henceforth paired with a much wider spectrum of activities. Total employment nearly doubled during this time, from 51, in to over , in But the most spectacular change for the neighborhood was its image.

The CNIT got a makeover as well. Public transportation improved with the arrival of Metro line 1 on April 1, — the business district was now just a metro ticket away from downtown Paris.

As of , EPAD stopped selling development rights. Stagnant sales are not, however, synonymous with absence of new construction. This second crisis did not call into question the merits or soundness of the operation. On the contrary, the image of the business district continued to improve, especially among its users.

EPAD took many new initiatives to develop services. Wiring the site and all buildings provided secure, high-speed connections.

Companies were connected to one of the first information superhighways; meanwhile, the quality of these facilities attracted new activities and operators, which in turn helped create new technology-oriented professions and services. Services and transportation were revamped. Large-scale renovation work began on the oldest buildings, particularly Europlaza and the historic Nobel Tower.

EPAD even dared to revolutionize one of its fundamental axes, transforming the ring road into an up-and-coming urban boulevard. This allowed for the construction of two new buildings with innovative architecture: CBX and Exaltis. Unibail bought CNIT to breathe new life into the center. Les Quatre Temps underwent major construction work as part of an initiative to revitalize and expand. Meanwhile, more activities were programmed in the area with the support of the General Council of Hauts-de-Seine, including with sporting events featuring Tony Parker, celebrations and other forms of entertainment.

Never before has such a large-scale urban renewal operation been implemented in such a short amount of time: less than two years. Like a tent that is anchored not on earth but in heaven, the cloud has some relation to the German engineer designs Frei Otto. This design consists of Teflon stretched sculpture supported by a framework of steel cables and rods articulated. No doubt his engineering expertise has been instrumental in the construction of this mega exceptional structure.

Whatever the faults of the whole, will always be one of the enduring symbols of Paris. Were used in its construction , marble slabs of Carrara white and gray for coating, , tons of concrete, aluminum and glass. The exterior walls are covered with opaque glass panels The building is conceived as an independent megastructure is almost a perfect cube, mm wide, mm high and mm deep.

Interspersed between the pillars and the mega — structure, placed a series of plates that absorb vibration neoprene and dimension changes. The concrete beams are 70 meters support the roof of a hectare. Were placed at meters high with pinpoint accuracy.

The Grande Arche is slightly tilted 6. Mies Memorial Library. Arch of Defense Architect:. In , a competition was held to create a sculpture to commemorate those who participated in the defense of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of Hundreds of proposals were presented by the most famous sculptors of the time, including Rodin.

Instead, the jury chose Louis-Ernest Barrias. For Barrias, this marked the beginning of a successful career. This was the same period when the French National Assembly voted to turn over the most visible land in Paris to the Catholic Church to build a church in order to "expiate the crimes of The Paris Commune ", a citizens uprising that took over Paris in just after the Prussians left.

The result was the still-controversial — and some say eyesore — Sacre-Coeur on the Montmartre hill. A young girl at her feet represents the suffering of civilians during the siege while an injured soldier beside her tries to load his rifle. He represents the resistance of the people of Paris.

The bronze sculpture was originally placed in the middle of a busy, six-lane traffic circle. Today, this piece of 19th-century art is situated on the esplanade, amidst all that modern art, and maintains an important place at the center of the district.

Champagne Tasting on a Seine River Cruise Cruise down the Seine on a bateau while being served a multi-course gourmet meal prepared by a French chef. In that infamous period of urban planning known as The Sixties the s, to be clear proposals were made for skyscrapers to be built throughout Paris, with the intention of "echoing the beauty of the Eiffel Tower".

However, in when the tall, controversial, and massive metre-high Tour Montparnasse was completed, there was a public outcry. Further construction of skyscrapers within the Paris city limits was halted. So, city planners looked westward, just two miles outside of Paris, to plan their future skyscraper city. Initially, buildings were restricted to rectangular floor-high structures, but over time, these restrictions were loosened.

Today, there are 72 glass and steel buildings, with , daily workers, and 3,, square metres 38,, square feet of office space. Christmas in Paris. Eiffel Tower Skip-the-Line. Skip the Lines at Versailles.