There has been criticism of the Pompidou Center? Good! Much is deserved. It kicked off all those wacky French Gran Projhayze that soon began to fall apart and/or were padlocked. My favorite is the national library, four huge glass "open book shapes" with a layer of wood louvers inside to keep that pesky sun off the books. Occupants would tend to stick unused furniture, etc., out in the space between the layers.
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Kenneth Moffett AIA
Bullock Smith & Partners
Knoxville TN
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