The Paris Skyline ...

[seekeerz]

Watching the final stage of the Tour today, I love seeing the skyline of Paris, it is a most attractive city ...but what is the rather ugly building which towers over its surrounds and looks like a meccano mad mouse ... I can't believe anyone even contemplated building it.

The Montmartre tower is quite pleasing, though out of character, but this stands out like ..........!!!

[scooping]

You might mean the Pompidou Centre, with a lot of its 'innards' on the outside.

[Jackdaw33]

It's called the Eiffel Tower.

[scooping]

Don't know the Montmatre tower. Do you mean the church of Sacre Coeur?

[seekeerz]

Oh ha ha jack !!

Thanks scooping I'll investigate !!

[seekeerz]

It's the Pompidou Centre..god that is ugly, how did anyone give the ok for that !!

[albaqwerty]

Once I described a building as looking like 'an oven-ready turkey'
Didn't know the architect was standing in front of me.
I got such a look.

How some things are created from their nightmares beggars belief!

[seekeerz]

I think I was being kind when I described it, alba ....it looks like robotic vomit to me !!

[albaqwerty]

LOL !!
'Robotic vomit' sums up the Scottish Parliament building nicely :-)

[seekeerz]

Oooo I haven't seen that ....must look :))

[seekeerz]

Now now alba ....that's not too bad, I love the effect of the light and roofing inside, I could live with that ....but that place in Paris .....OMG

[Manonfire45]

Wow, which Pompidou Centre are you lot looking at?

It's arty, modern and futuristic at the same time.

If banksy had a home, this is where he'd live!

[albaqwerty]

lol, but you're quite right about the Pompidou Centre, really should be called the Pompidon't.

An acquaintance once went to the SP building, and was quite pleasantly surprised at the interior.

[Manonfire45]

"It's called the Eiffel Tower."

PMSL,LOL,ROTFLMAOCOPTER

Jackdaw needs to win the BA of this thread, the day, week, month, DAMMIT, best answer of the year!

[seekeerz]

Jack needs his eyes tested and a smaller spoon, manon !!

[seekeerz]

Didn't know you roflmao in a helicopter !!

[seekeerz]

^^could-^^

[Manonfire45]

I hope he doesn't as he's hilarious, along with other posters this site is comedic gold, this is why i come back time and time again

Rotflmaocopter, oh sure you can

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=roflmaocopter

[seekeerz]

Wow !! Thanks manon :))

[Jackdaw33]

I was only half joking. The Eiffel Tower was meant to be dismantled in 1890 but it never happened. Now it's very big business thanks to foreign tourists. Not so the French. The only ones who go there are those that work there or thereabouts. I was told by a native, and this was 20 years ago, that the lift boys were on £30,000 p.a.

[Buenchico]

Le Centre Pompidou is one of the world's most stunning architectural achievements. I've spent many hours simply admiring it and trying to work out how it can look so different from different angles. e.g.
https://en.parisinfo.com/var/otcp/sites/images/_aliases/article_full/node_43/node_51/node_230/centre-pompidou-630x405-c-amelie-dupont-architecte-renzo-piano-et-richard-rogers/17911851-1-fre-FR/Centre-Pompidou-630x405-C-Amelie-Dupont-Architecte-Renzo-Piano-et-Richard-Rogers.jpg
and
http://images.adsttc.com/media/images/564b/a467/e58e/ce4d/7300/0113/large_jpg/architecture-22.jpg?1447797858

It was co-designed by one of Britain's greatest architects, Richard Rogers (a pioneer of 'inside out' architecture), who also designed the fantastic Lloyd's Building in London:
https://www.lloyds.com/lloyds/about-us/the-lloyds-building
(Click through to view all of the images of the Grade 1 Listed masterpiece)