“A library is neither round, nor square, nor pyramidal. It is not a safe or a bunker or a crypt. It is a tree of Life and of Knowledge. Is it does not grow it dies.”
Jean Nouvel
Status Unfinalized
Dates 1989
Clients Ministère de la culture, de la communication, des grands travaux et du Bicentenaire , Secrétariat d'Etat aux Grands Travaux (SEGT) , Etablissement public de la Bibliothèque de France
Types of assignment Competition, Special mention of the jury
Program The Bibliothèque de France, offices, facilities (finance, communications)
Habitable area / Surface area 2,190,002 m² / 8 ha
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Address Quai François Mauriac, 75013 Paris, France
Team Team Architectures Jean NOUVEL
PROJECT ARCHITECTS : Jean-Michel REYNIER, Barbara SALIN
ARCHITECTS : Marie-Hélène BALDRAN, Didier BRAULT, Laurent DUPORT, Pierre GAUTHIER, Daniel GUETTA, Isabelle GUILLAUIC, Erik JANSEN, David LECLERC, Brigitte MÉTRA, Nathalie ROZOT, Susan WINES
QUANTITY SURVEYOR : Cabinet SERY BERTRAND
ENGINEERS : Groupe ARCORA (Scenographic structure), Inex Ingénierie (Building services), CEGEF (Electricity), Acoustique VIVIÉ & ASSOCIÉS (Acoustics)
