Good News, Bad News

France’s Pompidou Center will close in 2025 for five years, while it spends $300 million fixing itself up. The bad news is that it will still be open till then.

Its architecture, inside and out, has always been controversial. But it shouldn’t have been. Putting all the infrastructure (plumbing, electrical wires, ductwork, etc.) on the outside of the building to free up the inside was always a dumb and impractical idea.

It should be taken down and rebuilt. It’s a monstrosity. I cringe every time I walk by.

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