Detail View: SHIMMER: La Grande Arche

Title: 
La Grande Arche
Creation Date: 
1990
Dimensions: 
108 x 110 x 112 m
Image Date: 
1996
Period: 
20th century
Start Date: 
1982
End Date: 
1990
Location: 
Paris
Country: 
FRANCE
Material: 
concrete , glass , marble - Carrara
Display Creator: 
VON SPRECKELSEN, Johan Otto
Terms: 
Grands projets
Image ID: 
96-3681
Description: 
Location: La Défense. A view of office buildings adjacent to the Grande Arche, known as The Shoulders of the Arche. Spreckelsen died before the Grande Arche was finished and Andreu completed the project and adjacent buildings.
Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Photographed by: 
member of staff
Creator: 
VON SPRECKELSEN, Johan Otto
Creator Dates - Born: 
1929
Creator Dates - Died: 
1987
Creator Dates - Active: 
20th century
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
Danish.
Creator: 
ANDREU, Paul
Creator Dates - Born: 
1938
Creator Dates - Active: 
20th century
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
French.
Subject Heading: 
Défense (Paris, France)
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- France -- Paris
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading: 
Offices
Subject Heading: 
Grande Arche (Paris, France)