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Pompidou Centre Architecture
40th Anniversary: Renewal of Richard Rogers / Renzo Piano building, Paris, France
22 Jan 2017
Pompidou Centre Building Facelift
Centre Pompidou Building Renewal
The Pompidou Centre in Paris turns forty this year.
The anniversary is to be celebrated with preparations for a two-year facelift expected to cost ?at least ?100m.

photograph © David Noble
The renovations will include replacing the ?caterpillar?, the famous escalators on the front of the building, but won?t result in any changes to the building?s overall appearance. Additionally, museum officials are hoping that renovations can occur without closing the Centre. Much of the structure is of course located externally, so has suffered from continual exposure to the elements.
Some external features, such as the large coloured funnels that were once part of the air system, are now just decorative.

photo : Michael Hierner
Exhibitions, shows and get-togethers will be presented in forty French cities, in partnership with a museum, a contemporary art centre, a theatre or a festival.
Right up to early 2018, in forty cities from Grenoble to Lille by way of Le François in Martinique, Chambord and Nice, ranging from evening events to six-month exhibitions, proposals mingling exhibitions, concerts, theatre, dance and talks invite every type of audience to experience and share the originality of the Centr...