These were the instructions Louis Napoleon gave for the redesign of Les Halles, the central market in Paris, and thus the modern era arrived in France. ... read more
This material functions under tension instead of compression and allows light weight structures to span large widths without intermediary columns or walls and produced some spectacular structures such as the Crystal Palace (London), la Gare du Nord (Paris) to cite but two. read more
Les Halles (French pronunciation: , The Halls) was Paris's central fresh food market. It was demolished in 1971 and replaced by the Forum des Halles, a modern shopping mall built largely underground and directly connected to the massive RER and métro transit hub of Châtelet-Les-Halles. The shopping mall welcomes 150,000 visitors daily. read more