Maison Blanche | Place d'Italie Initially, the site was to host the Tour Apogée, part of the "Italie13" urban project. But soon, the idea to have a skyscraper on the site was abandonned. The Gaumont Grand Ecran Italie, a huge cinema complex, was an urban planning project designed in 1988 by the municipality in order to revitalize the sector around a pole dedicated to broadcasting. Arch. Kenzo Tange, Michel Macary and Xavier Menu 1989-92. Its operation was brutally interrupted in January 2006 by the group EuroPalaces. The building also hosts a shopping mall called Italie 2, the former Galaxie S‹›
Italie Deux

Kenzo Tange

Interior · Paris, France · 1990

Photo: Fred Romero from Paris, France · Taken on 8 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 5184×3456

Maison Blanche | Place d'Italie Initially, the site was to host the Tour Apogée, part of the "Italie13" urban project. But soon, the idea to have a skyscraper on the site was abandonned. The Gaumont Grand Ecran Italie, a huge cinema complex, was an urban planning project designed in 1988 by the municipality in order to revitalize the sector around a pole dedicated to broadcasting. Arch. Kenzo Tange, Michel Macary and Xavier Menu 1989-92. Its operation was brutally interrupted in January 2006 by the group EuroPalaces. The building also hosts a shopping mall called Italie 2, the former Galaxie S

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