Backstage Architectural Secrets ► The Pipes of the Centre Pompidou (Episode 2/15) Nicknamed everything from “Notre-Dame of the Pipes” to “the refinery” or “machine-mac… 06 Oct 2025
Backstage Architectural Secrets ► The ‘Piazza’ of the Centre Pompidou (Episode 1/15) A vast, Italianate square, the Piazza slopes gently down to the foot of the Beaubourg… 02 Sep 2025
Backstage Architectural Secrets ► The Underbelly of the Centre Pompidou (Episode 5/15) Beneath the cobblestones, the beach? Almost! Hidden beneath the Piazza and the Centre… 09 Jan 2026
Backstage Architectural Secrets ► The Centre Pompidou’s metallic 'exoskeleton'… (Episode 4/15) If the Centre Pompidou were an animal, it would be a crab—bold and unconventional. Li… 01 Dec 2025
Backstage Architectural Secrets ► The “Caterpillar” of the Centre Pompidou (Episode 3/15) Stretching like a giant transparent tube along the façade, the escalator affectionate… 03 Nov 2025
Backstage Architectural Secrets ► Ircam, Music Underground (Episode 7/15) Now a cornerstone of the Centre Pompidou, Ircam (Institut de recherche et coordinatio… 02 Mar 2026
Collection, Backstage The day Gordon Matta-Clark wanted to break through the Centre Pompidou In 1975, American conceptual artist Gordon Matta-Clark had one idea in mind: to cut into the very st… 23 Jun 2025
Backstage Architectural Secrets ► The Centre Pompidou’s Signature Colours (Episode 6/15) Before it burst onto the scene in its now-iconic pop colours, the Centre Pompidou nea… 27 Jan 2026
Backstage The Centre Pompidou and the birth of Daft Punk: the untold details of … EXCLUSIVE ► On the night of November 10, 1992, the top floor of the Centre Pompidou was transformed … 05 May 2023
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