Contemporary developments Architecture of Luxembourg

kirchberg home luxembourg s european institutions

the 1990s characterised progressive internationalization of luxemburg s art scene, marked designation of city of luxemburg world heritage site in 1994 , european capital of culture in 1995. process manifest in architectural debate around design of new national museum of history , art christian bauer et associés, opened in 2002. international design competitions contributed process, attracting notable architects dominique perrault, winner of 1996 competition major extension of court of justice of european union , bolles+wilson, winners of 2003 design competition national library of luxembourg.

there several other fine examples of modern architecture in luxembourg. these include:

the museum of modern art (2006) designed chinese-american architect i. m. pei responsible famous glass pyramid part of renovation of louvre.
the philharmonie (2005) concert hall designed christian de portzamparc. located on kirchberg plateau, philharmonie consists of peristyle 827 columns giving impression of cliff bearing luminous faults.
the new european investment bank building (2008) designed christoph ingenhoven of ingenhoven architects, düsseldorf.
the national sports , cultural centre, commonly known coque in view of shell-like appearance. designed french architect roger taillibert, completed in 2001.




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^ bolles+wilson archived july 8, 2011, @ wayback machine., retrieved 25 march 2010
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^ banque europénne d’investissement (bei) de kirchberg , batiment.lu. (in french) retrieved 27 march 2010.
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