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<h1>Beaubourg Paris - Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, France </h1>
<p>Not far from Les Halles, the Centre Beaubourg or better known as the Pompidou Center,created alot of mixed feelings with its radical architectural design. Built in the 1970's, President Pompidou was the originator of this museum. He wanted to make accessible the contemporary art (modern art, film, music, books, and pedagogy), to the widest possible public. </p>
<p>The architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers had chosen to construct a building with visible, external Organs, free from traditional esthetic constraints, in order to leave all of the interior space available.</p>
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<p>In front of the center, there are always the street performers, jugglers, musicians, fire-eaters and the like, capturing the attention of the crowds milling along the pavement. There is also a colourful sculptures and fountains by Tinguely and Nicky de St-Phalle in the pool in front of Église St-Merri. This waterwork pays homage to Stravinsky and shows scant respect for passers-by; it is the ceiling for IRCAM, the centre for contemporary music founded and directed by the composer and conductor Pierre Boulez.<br>
A new, overground extension to IRCAM has appeared, squeezed beside the old public baths on rue St-Merri.</p>
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