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Le centre georges pompidouKetzhally LopezlocationLe Centre Pompidou is located in the 4th ArrondissementNear lHtel de VilleMetro: Get on metro line 11 and get off at Rambuteau

ArchitectsLe Centre Pompidou was created by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers. Construction began in 1971 and was completed six years later in 1977. It was built to be a center of the French art and culture.

Renzo PianoRichard RogersDesignSix storiesHeight: 42m (138ft)Surface: 1,000,000 m2 (10,763,910 ft2)The exterior escalator is called the caterpillar (chenille)Le Centre Pompidou has its infrastructure exposedThe electric is yellow pipesThe water is green pipesThe air conditioning is blue

Inside le centre pompidouIt has the Muse National dArt Moderne The Bibliothequ Publique dInformations (BPI)It also houses the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) Muse national dart moderneSecond largest collection of modern art in the worldOver 70,000 works of art including painting, architecture, painting, cinema, photography, new media, sculpture, and designIncludes the work of thousands of artists

Bibliothequ publique dinformationsLarge public libraryContains information in every possible formatInstitut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/MusiqueEuropean institute of science in music and soundAbbreviated IRCAM

Stravinsky FountainConsists of 16 whimsical sculpturesThey move and spray water

Sources"Centre Georges Pompidou." Wikipedia, 2012. Web. 16 May 2012.