1989 – Opéra de la Bastille, Paris, France
Architect: Carlos Ott
The result of a gigantic international competition,
1993 – Opéra Nouvel, Lyon, France
Architect: Jean Nouvel
In 1756, one of the first opera houses created inside an existing freestanding building was opened in Lyon.
1993 – Vinci Centre, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Placed across the square from Laloux’s railway station,
2006 – Saint-Pierre, Firminy, France
Architect: José Oubrerie, Le Corbusier
The last major work of Le Corbusier,
Chateau de Blois, Loire, France
The Royal Château de Blois, residence of several French kings, is located in the center of the town of Blois.
Chateau de Tours, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Unlike many of the chateaux of the Loire valley, Chateau de Tours is a plain building with two towers.
Montmirail Townhall, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Nesle Church, France
Elevations, Longitudinal Section & Plan published in The Building News, March 13th 1874.
Notre Dame de la Victoire, Saint-Raphaël, Var, France
Built with the rose-hued sandstone, local to the area, inside this Roman-Byzantine is a highly decorated basilica style church.
Palais du Louvre, Paris
A castle was built here around 1190 as a stronghold on the river bank,
