| Ateliers Jean Nouvel designed the Musée du quai Branly in 2006. A variety of art in the architecture, including a living wall, a wall of cantilevered boxes, and glowing stick exhibit, create a “sanctuary without walls” near the Seine River and Eiffel Tower.A series of interconnected structures uphold these displays, most significantly a 700ft curved exhibition hall. As it breaks from Paris’ downtown style and counter-styles, controversy unsurprisingly arose over insensitive displays of foreign aboriginal cultures. The $266 million price tag didn’t cause an uproar, however. |
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