AD Classics: Grande Arche / Johann Otto von Spreckelsen

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Written by Sarah Edwards

Architects: Johann Otto von Spreckelsen
Year: 1989
Photographs:Hardouin / Wikimedia Commons

Text description provided by the architects. The Grande Arche is a celebrated monument which marks the bicentennial of the French Revolution and is a distinctive piece reminiscent of 20th century architecture. The competition for a “modernized Arche de Triomphe” was won by Johann Otto von Spreckelsen, whose concept was more or less a hollowed, symmetrical cube.

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Steel Concrete Fabric Projects Built Projects Architecture Classics Public Architecture Monuments Infrastructures Monuments and Memorials Paris France

Published on August 11, 2011

Cite: Sarah Edwards. "AD Classics: Grande Arche / Johann Otto von Spreckelsen" 11 Aug 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/153650/grande-arche-johann-otto-von-spreckelsen> ISSN 0719-8884