Building
Palais de Tokyo
Location
Paris
Architect
Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal
Year of completion
2002
How to get there
Metro 9 Exit Alma Marceau. Walk into the Avenue du Président Wilson. The building is to your left. It's next to the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
Comments
Along with the Guggenheim Bilbao the Palais de Tokyo is one of the most influential buildings in the arts world of the last decade. Following its completion cities around the world suddenly wanted a Palais de Tokyo, a breeding ground for contemporary art and design where the city's creative people would gather to exchange ideas and engage in interdisciplinary cross fertilization. Except that this is not how it works. Cities have their own internal dynamics.