Le Centre Pompidou
Built in 1977, the architects Renzo Piano, and Richard Rogers moved beyond the standard architectural techniques and created a modern masterpiece. Ignoring the classical style, all the "ugly" things which are usually hidden behind the walls of a building instead decorated the buildings exterior. Things like the brightly covered heating ducts, elevators, escalators, structural poles, and even plumbing pipes, create a rigid and eschewed type of building.
Especially compared to all of the well-preserved architecture that makes up Paris, this building most definitely does stand out and has had a very wide range of responses from the French population. However, it has been visited by more than 180 million people since it has opened and is becoming more and more loved. The square just in front of it is full of street-performers and dancers. Little cafe's and gelato shops make it a fun place to just hang around and admire. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Paris is located right near this monumental building and has actually made this area more known and accessible than before it's inception.
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