Detail View: SHIMMER: Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique and Cité de la Musique

Title: 
Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique and Cité de la Musique
Caption: 
The Paris Conservatoire
Creation Date: 
1991
Image Date: 
1991
Period: 
20th century
End Date: 
1991
Location: 
Paris
Country: 
FRANCE
Display Creator: 
DE PORTZAMPARC, Christian Urvoy
Terms: 
Grands projets
Image ID: 
91-1264
Description: 
Exterior detail. Location: Parc de la Villette, Paris, 19e. Google maps < https://goo.gl/maps/TWdbM > . The Conservatoire was re-located onto this site as one of Francois Mitterrand's Grand Projects initiated in 1983. The Conservatoire opened in 1990. The site is divided into different functional areas: teaching and research are carried out in the Conservatoire. Production, performance and information in the Cité de la Musique. Themes for the buildings are based on the appearance of an ocean-going liner.
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 >."
Related Information: 
Conservatoire de Paris. For more information see < http://www.cnsmdp.fr/ >.
Photographed by: 
Dave Ball
Creator: 
DE PORTZAMPARC, Christian Urvoy
Creator Dates - Born: 
1944
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
French.
Subject Heading: 
Postmodernism (Architecture)
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- France -- Paris
Subject Heading: 
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 1900-2000