Centre Georges Pompidou

The Centre Georges Pompidou (constructed 1971 – 1977) is a building in the Beaubourg area of Paris, near Les Halles and the Marais. Designed by Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini, it houses the Bibliothèque publique d'information, a vast public library, and the Musée National d'Art Moderne. Some of the art movements represented are Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. The museum has 50,000 works of art (including painting, sculpture, drawing, and photography), of which 1,500 to 2,000 are on public display.

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1971 - 1977 - Paris - Les Halles - Marais - Renzo Piano - Richard Rogers - Gianfranco Franchini - Bibliothèque publique d'information - Musée National d'Art Moderne - Art movement - Fauvism - Cubism - Surrealism - Abstract Expressionism - Art - Painting - Sculpture - Drawing - Photography

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Because of its location, the Centre is known locally as The Beaubourg. The Centre's brutalist architecture may have been an inspiration for the similarly-named Borg cube.

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Brutalist architecture - Borg cube

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