by Vincent Noce
The Bourse de Commerce—the former commodities exchange—is a Roman-style incongruity situated in the heart of Paris between the Louvre and Les Halles, with a history closely entwined with that of the French royal family and a strategic district. Its five-year restoration has preserved the feel of the monument to a remarkable degree. While using his vocabulary of gray tones bathed in zenithal lighting, architect Tadao Ando has proved his talent for inserting ambitious architecture into an existing envelope. “Rather like a Russian doll,” as he says,… read more
