MDA4628860: Viaduc des Arts in Paris 75012. In 1990, the old viaduct of Paris was renovated by Patrick Berger. Built in 1859, it connected the Bastille by rail to Vincennes. The construction of the Opera Bastille will lead to the rehabilitation of the viaduct, rachete a al SNCF by the City Hall of Paris. The vaults desormais restaurees are home to artisans of art and creation., Denance, Michel / Bridgeman Images
MDA4653602: Les Halles de Boulingrin in in Reims (Marne). Ingenieur Eugene Freyssonet (1879-1962), architect Emile Maigrot (1880-1961). This building was built in 1927-1929, by the company Limousin, is covered by a spectacular thin parabolic vault in weapon concrete 7 cm thick, the building consists of a ground floor and a basement of 5700 square meters each and a peripheral mezzanine of 1800 square meters. In the first year, the building houses an exhibition on aviation and the halls operated until 1988 as a wholesale and retail walk. Destined to be demolized, they were classified as historical monuments in 1990 and have since been waiting to be rehabilitated to host a cultural programme., Maigrot, Emile (1880-1961) / Bridgeman Images
MDA4653610: Les Halles de Boulingrin in in Reims (Marne). Ingenieur Eugene Freyssonet (1879-1962), architect Emile Maigrot (1880-1961). This building was built in 1927-1929, by the company Limousin, is covered by a spectacular thin parabolic vault in weapon concrete 7 cm thick, the building consists of a ground floor and a basement of 5700 square meters each and a peripheral mezzanine of 1800 square meters. In the first year, the building houses an exhibition on aviation and the halls operated until 1988 as a wholesale and retail walk. Destined to be demolized, they were classified as historical monuments in 1990 and have since been waiting to be rehabilitated to host a cultural programme., Maigrot, Emile (1880-1961) / Bridgeman Images
MDA4666812: Les Clouages, social housing in Nanterre (Hauts de Seine). Created: 1972-1978, architect Emile Aillaud (1902-1988). The facades were designed by Fabio Rieti, to look like the sky or landscape. Each tree in the city was numbered and corresponds to an apartment., Aillaud, Emile (1902-88) / Bridgeman Images
MDA4669467: Maison Schroder Schrader in Utrecht in the Netherlands. Realisation 1924, architect Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888-1964). This small family home, with its interior, its flexible spatial organization and its visual and formal qualities, is a manifesto of the ideals of Dutch artists and architects belonging to the De Stijl group during the 1920s. It is now recognized as one of the icons of the modern movement in architecture., Rietveld, Thomas Gerrit (1888-1964) / Bridgeman Images
MDA4681375: The Franco-British Memorial of Thiepval (Somme). Taking advantage of the low military activity, the Germans transformed Thiepval into a fortress during the First World War. The memorial was built in 1932 by British architect Edwins Lutyens. On the large white walls of the building are serious the names of more than 73,000 British soldiers killed during the Battle of the Somme. Photography 29/04/09., Denance, Michel / Bridgeman Images