La Défense #15: Les 4 Temps
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Monday 2 July 2007, 13:25 - La Défense - Permalink
La nouvelle façade du centre commercial Les 4 Temps
Die neue Fassade des Einkaufszentrums Les 4 Temps
The new façade of the shopping centre Les 4 Temps
The shopping centre "Les Quatres Temps" has been built in 1981, but its
architecture looked still very much 1970's with its green façade panels and
white spheres protruding in regular lines from the surface. This trace of the
1970's is has now been replaced by a rather simple glass structure - offering
more reflections under specific light conditions.
(Click on the small images to enlarge)
In the next images - taken from previous postings "Symbols", and
"A
view from the top" - you can still see a trace of the old façade.
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In the following image, the new glass band reflects the staircase and
"cloud" of La Grande Arche.
At the top end of Les 4 Temps, towards La Grande Arche, the CNIT reflects in
the glass panels above the hamburger eaters.
Of course, there are many more aspects to the renovated building of the
shopping centre, including, for example, the elevated roof and the bridge to
the cinemas on the top level, but these are left for future photographic
exploration.