Cidade das Artes

Between the two horizontal plates of the roof and the terrace are set the large curved concrete walls that contain the halls in an interplay of volumes and voids.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/1240/thumbnail.jp

Chateau Cheval Blanc Winer

Concrete has relatively high compression strength, but significantly lower tensile strength, and as such is usually reinforced with materials that are strong in tension (often steel). The elasticity of concrete is relatively constant at low stress levels but starts decreasing at higher stress levels as matrix cracking develops. Concrete has a very low coefficient of thermal expansion, and as it matures concrete shrinks. All concrete structures will crack to some extent, due to shrinkage and tension. Concrete which is subjected to long-duration forces is prone to creep.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/1230/thumbnail.jp

Généalogie des formes : Esquisses, dessins, peintures

This book brings together French architect de Portzamparc's sketches for architectural projects, as well as drawings and paintings that stand as purely pictorial explorations of motifs. The architect's comments give some insight into the process that leads from the invention of autonomous images to the elaboration of original architectural forms

Hôtel Renaissance Paris Arc de Triomphe

exterior, detail of undulating glass facade, 201739 Avenue de Wagram, 75017, Paris, France

City of Music

Close view looking up into the opening, from south; 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 (accessed 11/4/2007

City of Music

Close side view of decorative canopy, northeast façade; 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 (accessed 11/4/2007

Writing and seeing architecture

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City of Music

General view, from southwest; 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 (accessed 11/4/2007