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The newly added 9-metre-high cylindrical concrete exhibition space, as seen from above. Image: Maxime Tetard b
The concrete walls from within the rotunda extent into the basement. Image: Patrick Tourneboeuf
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François Pinault / Tadao Ando Architecture - Public and Institutional
The Bourse de Commerce building illustrates four centuries of architectural and technical feats. It associates the first free-standing column in Paris—erected in the 15th century for Catherine de Medicis’ palace—with the vestiges of a granary impressive for its circular 18th-century design, which was capped in 1812 with a spectacular metal and glass dome. The building was then modified in 1889 to become the Paris Stock Exchange.
Today, the monument has been injected with new life thanks to Tadao Ando’s contemporary architectural contribution. The Japanese architect creates the conditions for a dialogue between the architecture and its context, between heritage and contemporary creation, between past and present, and between the collection and the visitor. To date, the Bourse de Commerce Pinault Collection is the largest project designed by Tadao Ando in France.
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