16 Magenta Boulevard. home for a week.
it was rainy
bonjour sun
jeans: Siena, Italy + shoes: Paris, France = warm vanessa
and then the sun came out
at Garnier's
Opera house
the Grand Opera
where the visitors are "actors on a stage"
yes, the inspirational site for "Phantom of the Opera"
trim
objects in picture are larger than they appear
the grand stairs
St. Marie Magdeleine
quick stop: trip up
arc de triumphe
my first corbusier
art noveau all over the place
Pont Mirabeau
there she is! Miss Liberty... see her?
in the rain...
the artistry of Guimard
the Louvre
I.M.Pei's a genius
Winged Victory of Samothrace
Mona Lisa - Leonardo Di Vinci
Mona's neighbor
above
that last one's not an umbrella...
dear mom, dad & sophia: I'm in the Louvre...
the inverted pyramid
L'Institut du Monde Arabe - Jean Nouvel
Mike's new facebook pic
patterns
came with my cappucino
camoflauge
surprise find: St. Etienne Du Mont
Paris' Pantheon
Pantheon + Sainte Genevieve Library [St. Etienne du Mont behind]
point!
Nouvel again
Cartier Foundation - Jean Nouvel
imaginary path
watch out birds
it's just a facade
the architecture school across the street
new & old
lightshow
every hour
for a better view
search light
dizzying heights
“vanessa, you're so asian”
subway
bus stop
all seeing eye
Villa Savoye
the embodiment of Corbusier's 5 points of architecture...
point 1: pilotis
point 3: free facade
point 4: horizontal windows
point 2: free plan
circulation
details
there was a blue wall
picture window
permanent
shower
point 5: roof garden
almost mexican
photo credit to lauren
La Defense
Grande Arch de la Defense
Sainte Chapelle, I thought I'd never see you
the oldest stain glass windows in Paris - Sainte Chapelle
Notre Dame
model of the construction
the line at Versailles [zoom in on the map]
Hall of Mirrors
Parc de Versailles [it's huge: check the map]
a copy of Laocoon by Athenean sculptor Leochares
Bassin d'Apollon
fancy fence
Marie Antoinette's playground
her playhouses
Versailles cows
thinking of sophia
and again
...and again - this time at Musee d'Orsay
formerly a train station
Impressionism
a few Monets...
Houses of Parliment - Monet
Art Noveau
Guimard
Musee Rodin
the Thinker - Rodin
St. Louis - the resting place of Napoleon [from the Rodin garden]
pushing tulips
setting Eiffel
sphinx
rest
Ponte Alexandre III
great crepe!
Jewish Ghetto
first falaphel - Jewish ghetto
“we have to finish off all our food!”
Musee Picasso
Picasso
PIcasso
bagettes again
before
after
blue = air conditioning [red = circulation, yellow = electricity, green = plumbing]
beautification
philippe starck
Le Corbusier, the puppet
Brazilians are everywhere!
25 BIS rue...
...Benjamin Franklin - the innovative apartment facade
by Auguste Perret
Jean Nouvel...
does it again
Nouvel's inspiration at Sacre Ceour?
Sacre Coeur Basilica
at the top of the world
"Red Windmill"
by Bernard Tschumi
"follies"
THE slide
they swivel!
hello
random
i did a double take too
Charles de Gaulle airport
Au Revoir Paris!
