Headed to the 2024 Olympics: 20 Innovative and Iconic Architectural Projects to Explore in Paris

In 1900, Paris hosted its first Olympic games. It had been the second city to host them after the first Olympics in Athens. It was also the year of the Exposition Universelle, where the city would again showcase how it remade itself anew in less than 30 years. To this day, Paris remains a hub for all sorts of architectural innovation and development through bold designs that affect how people live and new materials and techniques. It fascinatingly juxtaposes grandeur and monumentalism with its predominately baroque, “second empire,” and art nouveau works; while also pushing for designs that strive for social living reforms such as in Le Corbusier’s experimental works or Lacaton & Vassal’s considerate interventions.

It’s this openness to the world that attracts not only millions of visitors a year but also innovators and architects who have set up shop in Paris and made it their second home. Once again, the city reworks itself as mass construction, renovation, and restoration sites culminate all over the city to host international athletes at the 2024 Olympics.

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While we’ve already considered some of Paris’s renowned modernist and brutalist buildings, we've listed 20 iconic Cultural, Commercial, and large Office projects worth visiting this summer.

La Bourse de Commerce / Tadao Ando Architect & Associates + NeM Architectes + Pierre-Antoine Gatier

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Courtesy of Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, Niney et Marca Architectes

La Samaritaine / SANAA + LAGNEAU Architectes + Francois Brugel Architectes Associes + SRA Architectes

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© Jared Chulski

Palais de Tokyo Expansion / Lacaton & Vassal

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© 11h45

Le Monde Group Headquarters / Snøhetta

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© MARWAN HARMOUCHE

La Seine Musicale / Shigeru Ban Architects

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Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects

The Giacometti Institute Museum / Pascal Grasso Architectures

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© Patrick Tourneboeuf

Philharmonie de Paris / Jean Nouvel

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via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Fondation Louis Vuitton / Gehry Partners

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© Fondation Louis

Pathé Foundation / Renzo Piano Building Workshop

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© Michel Denancé

Docks de Paris / Jakob + MacFarlane

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© Fred Romero licensed under CC BY 2.0

Musee du Quai Branly / Ateliers Jean Nouvel

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© Clément Guillaume

Le Grand Louvre / I.M. Pei

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© Flickr user- Rory Hyde (CC BY-NC-SA)

Gymnasium Jules La Doumègue / Jean Peccoux

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© Nigel Green / Photolanguage

French Communist Party Headquarters / Oscar Niemeyer

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Bibliothèque Nationale de France / Dominique Perrault

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© Davide Galli Atelier

Centre Georges Pompidou / Renzo Piano Building Workshop + Richard Rogers

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via GraphyArchy via Wikimedia Commons

Galeries Lafayette Haussmann / Georges Chedanne and Ferdinand Chanut

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© Delfino Sisto Legnani and Marco Cappelletti

Musée d'Orsay / Victor Laloux, Lucien Magne and Émile Bénard

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via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Eiffel Tower / Gustave Eiffel

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via Wikimedia user Jebulon (Public Domain)

Palais Royal / Jules Hardouin-Mansart

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© Magdalena Martin

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Cite: Hana Abdel. "Headed to the 2024 Olympics: 20 Innovative and Iconic Architectural Projects to Explore in Paris" 26 Jul 2024. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1018509/paris-architecture-city-guide-20-innovative-and-iconic-projects-to-explore-during-the-2024-olympics> ISSN 0719-8884

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