Centre Pompidou Tension Cables Framing Paris Skyline

5 October 2017 · Paris

Two crossed tension cables from the Centre Pompidou's exterior structure cut across a heavy overcast sky, framing a panoramic sweep of Paris rooftops. Sacré-Cœur sits on the Montmartre hill at the horizon, small and unmistakable against the low cloud. The industrial geometry of Beaubourg is the foreground argument — the city it looks out over is the answer. High-tech architecture and the historic skyline, held in the same frame.