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The high-rise buildings of the Front de Seine neighbourhood
a Front de Seine lower floors, and street-level the Castel Béranger, a stunning
(Beaugrenelle) shops and hotels. In order apartment block made from
to create a complete neigh- cheap building materials to keep
Bordering the Seine at Quai André bourhood, the Front de Seine costs low, yet featuring stained
Citroën, Quai Grenelle, between Rue also includes a large super- glass, convoluted ironwork,
de Javel & Rue Emeriau & Place de market, a gym, a bowling alley, balconies and mosaics. It
Brazzaville 75015. q Charles Michel. a park and even a laser-tag established the reputation of
Beaugrenelle shopping and leisure
complex: 12 Rue Linois. Tel 01 53 95 venue. The latest addition to Art Nouveau architect Hector
24 00. Open 10am–9pm daily (to 8pm the mix is the Beaugrenelle Guimard, who went on to design
Sun). ∑ beaugrenelle-paris.com shopping and leisure complex, the entrances for the Paris
with more than 120 shops, Metro. Several more examples
A few blocks southwest of the numerous restaurants, a of his work can be seen further
Eiffel Tower, along the Seine, swimming pool, a post office, along the street, such as the
in the 15th arrondissement, is a large multiplex cinema and Hôtel Mezzara at No. 60.
the Front de Seine, also known a rooftop garden.
as Beaugrenelle. An innovative
urban planning project started d Fondation Le
in the1970s, this is one of the Corbusier
few areas within the city
featuring high-rise towers – 10 Square du Docteur Blanche 75016.
most such buildings have Tel 01 42 88 75 72. q Jasmin. Open
been erected outside Paris. Villa La Roche only: 1:30–6pm Mon,
The urban design of the Front 10am–6pm Tue–Sat. Library open by
de Seine was ambitious and appt, 1:30–6pm Mon–Thu, to 5pm Fri,
Tel 01 42 88 41 53. Closed public hols,
creative, and it developed 1 week in Aug, 24 Dec–2 Jan. &
with a vision of the future in Films. 8 Tue at 2pm & 3pm; prebook
mind. Today it is a young, via reservation@fondationlecorbusier.
fashionable neighbourhood. fr = See History of Paris pp40–41.
Twenty towers surround a ∑ fondationlecorbusier.asso.fr
connected esplanade that is
painted with murals which can An Art Nouveau window in the In a quiet corner of Auteuil are
be seen only from the towers Rue la Fontaine the villas La Roche (see p269) and
themselves. Different from Jeanneret, the first two Parisian
other high-rises, which are s Rue la Fontaine houses designed by the architect
purely residential, and from 75016. Map 9 A4. q Jasmin, Michel- Charles-Edouard Jeanneret,
those at La Défense, which are Ange Auteuil. known as Le Corbusier. Built
predominantly commercial, in the 1920s, they show his
Beaugrenelle’s buildings The Rue la Fontaine and revolutionary use of white
combine “living, working and surrounding streets act as a con crete in Cubist forms. Rooms
leisure”, as its motto describes. showcase for some of the most flow into each other allowing
There are apartments on the exciting architecture of the early maxi mum light, and the houses
upper floors, businesses on the 20th century. At No. 14 stands stand on stilts with windows

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