Fondation Cartier’s new home opens in Paris, in a prized spot facing the Louvre

Paris, France
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After a years-long renovation project, the Fondation Cartier art museum will open its doors on Saturday to its new home, opposite the Louvre in Paris.

While little has changed externally, the stately 19th-century building, which was a former hotel and department store, has undergone a radical redesign within. The Haussmannian building has been transformed by Pritzker prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel, who describes his latest project as an “industrial cathedral” of modular spaces.

The dramatic 70,000-square-foot exhibition space features tall bay windows that create a sense of transparency, blurring the boundaries between the inside and outside world.
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