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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Paris, Île-de-France, Franceen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1983-1990 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorSpreckelsen, Johan Otto vonen_US
dc.creatorAndreu, Paulen_US
dc.date1983-1990en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-10T14:29:16Z
dc.date.available2013-05-10T14:29:16Z
dc.date.issued1983-1990en_US
dc.identifier215078en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 222en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/122426
dc.descriptionWide angle lens view looking up into the canopy; The Grande Arche de la Fraternité is a monument in the business district of La Défense to the west of Paris. It is usually known as the Arche de la Défense or simply as La Grande Arche. An international design competition was launched at the initiative of French president François Mitterrand. Danish architect Johann Otto von Spreckelsen designed the winning entry to be a 20th century version of the Arc de Triomphe: a monument to humanity and humanitarian ideals rather than military victories. After Spreckelsen's death in 1987, his associate, French architect Paul Andreu, completed the work. The two sides of the Arche house government offices. The roof section is an exhibition centre.en_US
dc.format.mediumglass; concrete; marbleen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectModernisten_US
dc.titleGrande Arche de la Fraternitéen_US
dc.title.alternativeArche de la Défenseen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-SJ-GA-C6en_US
vra.culturalContextFrenchen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypemonumenten_US
vra.worktypeexhibition buildingen_US
dc.contributor.displayJohan Otto von Spreckelsen (Danish architect, 1929-1987); Paul Andreu (French architect, born 1938)en_US


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