Tadao Ando’s béton-and-glass conversion of the 18th-century rotunda into François Pinault’s Paris museum; opened 22 May 2021 after three years of work.

Description
Three-year restoration of the 18th-century Bourse de Commerce in Paris, opened 22 May 2021. Tadao Ando inserted a 29-metre-wide, 9-metre-high cylindrical concrete wall composed of 863 panels (proportioned after the Japanese tatami) inside the rotunda, with collaborators NeM / Niney et Marca architectes and heritage architect Pierre-Antoine Gatier.
Designer
tadao-ando
Themes
restoration, concrete, cylinder, rotunda
Venue
bourse-de-commerce
Year
2021

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