Eyebeam (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
via http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl/2007/10/16/gran-teatro-nacional-de-beijing-paul-andreu/ Originally posted by anbru from FFFFOUND! / EVERYONE , ReBlogged by Addie Wagenknecht on Aug 13, 2008 at 04:47 PM
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
It rises next to the Stalinist stolidity of the Great Hall of the People like a huge, glass egg. Subversive in form, French architect Paul Andreu's audacious creation, which opened last winter, is utterly traditional in function: It is China's new National...
NOTCOT.ORG (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
A distant view of the National Center for the Performing Arts (or “the Egg”), designed by Paul Andreu and constructed for $500 million. The first big commission of the modern era, it is regarded as Beijing’s Lincoln Center.
Beijing Olympics 2008 Live (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Beijing�s new National Grand Theatre is one of Beijing�s new architectural masterpieces. The controversial building was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. The exterior is made from titanium and has been described as looking like a UFO. The building has created controversy for not fitting 1 Vote(s)
The New Yorker - Arts and Culture (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
Airports are essentially machines for processing people, airplanes, automobiles, cargo, and luggage--all of which move in different ways, and which need to be connected at certain points and separated by rigid security at others. Just getting all the parts to work together seems overwhelming--indeed, it did overwhelm British . . .
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
Nearly four years after its distinctive latticed roof caved in, killing four in a shower of concrete and glass, the boarding area of Terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle Airport was due to reopen to the public Sunday, following a painstaking reconstruction.
LSI Online News (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
China - The Suzhou Science, Technology, Culture, & Art Centre is the newly-established cultural landmark of Suzhou City in China. Designed by architect Paul Andreu, the centre features a ...
Danwei (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
China's new National Theater, a.ka. the 'Egg' and 'National Center for the Performing Arts', opened for its first performances in the last few days of 2007. As even this People's Daily article mention, the design of the theater by Frenchman Paul Andreu has caused a fair bit controversy. Objections have ranged from complaints that the building has destroyed the feng shui of the city's master plan to...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 01/20/2008
Tickets for shows at the new egg-shaped National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing have been a hot commodity of late. Tickets for shows in January and February are almost sold out and only a few are left for a music concert ...
TIME: Top World Stories (Free subscription) | 12/28/2007
Opening night at the stunning National Grand Theater is an acoustic and artistic success but the audience lays an egg
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 12/26/2007
The National Center for the Performing Arts, a $400 million complex, has attracted at least as much attention for its cost overruns, safety concerns and provocative aesthetics.
PlaybillArts.com (Free subscription) | 12/24/2007
"The Egg" is now open and running.
Archinect (Free subscription) | 12/24/2007
The $400 million complex, a concert hall, opera house and theater under one space age span, is designed to be the center of Chinese culture, just as Tiananmen Square next door was designated this country's political center. Yet the center, designed by the French architect Paul Andreu, has attracted at least as much attention for its cost overruns, safety concerns and provocative aesthetics.
The Doc Searls Weblog (Free subscription) | 12/13/2007
When it was built, Charles de Gaulle Airport's Terminal 1, with Paul Andreu's concrete-and-tubing reactor core styling (which inspired this scene from Apple’s famous 1984 ad) , was an avante garde sensation. Now it's a dump. It was already getting old by the time I travelled frequently to it in the mid-90s. Near as I [...]
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/21/2007
The people of Beijing are watching expectantly for when the small army of labourers will close the 230m (755ft) high continuous loop of steel and concrete that will look down on their city by the time the Olympics open in August 2008.
