Tag: architecture
The Eiffel Tower Celebrates 130 Years
To fete its 130th birthday, the Eiffel Tower will offer a unique, free light show designed by Bruno Seillier. This 120-minute show, projected on the...
Thomas Schütte exhibition at the Monnaie de Paris
German artist Thomas Schütte will exhibit his work at the Monnaie de Paris from March 15- June 16, 2019. Overlooking the Seine, the newly...
Parisians in Profile: Timothy Hannem, Urban Explorer
This is the fifth in an exclusive series of illustrated “Parisians in Profile” about Parisians from all walks of life, created by journalist Emma Jacobs. Here we feature Timothy...
Visit the Paris Apartment and Atelier of Architect Le Corbusier
The work of controversial but none-the-less brilliant architect Le Corbusier is found around the world, but many of his buildings can be seen right...
Jules Hardouin-Mansart: The Architectural Genius of Versailles
Imagine a small village and church surrounded by meadows, wetlands and forests filled with wild game, very much like a Millet or Poussin painting...
Two Great Reasons to Visit the Fondation Louis Vuitton
Seventy-eight-year-old French artist Daniel Buren must be harboring a little boy in his heart whom he lets out every once in a while to...
“A Woman from all Angles” Gaetana Aulenti
Gaetana Aulenti was regarded as "...the most important female architect since the beginning of time...," by Herbert Muschamps, the renowned architecture critic for the...
Art Nouveau Architecture in Paris
At the end of the 19th century, a band of iconoclasts burst upon the Parisian scene and set the city aflame with their artistic...
Chaillot
In a city made famous for its Old World charm and vestiges of the past, whose visitors are looking for the 19th century monuments...
Sainte-Chapelle by Clay McLachlan
Sainte-Chapelle
On a recent walk around Paris I noticed a dramatic sky and looked for an interesting photograph.
This is a photo taken of Sainte-Chapelle and...
France News Daily: Opera Restaurant at Palais Garnier
New Paris restaurant, L’Opéra, opening on June 27 at Opéra Garnier
BonjourParis France News DailyDali WiederhoftPARIS, June 8—Opéra Garnier is finally getting its own restaurant...
Creperie des Canettes: Delicious Crepes
La crêperie des Canettes, Paris 6th. Photo by patrianova.
It’s easy to get blasé about crêpes in Paris. If you’re anything like me, after a brief but...
