The Story of the Pompidou Centre for Art and Culture ' Georges Pompidou 's idea was to make Paris an artistic mecca again. France and Paris had had this international status before the war but later it lost its importance.'
(JEAN PARIS)
Alasdair Clayre talks to those involved in the development of President Pompidou's plan for a new cultural complex in the heart of Paris, and reflects on the realisation of that idea with, among others, RICHARD ROGERS , RENZO PIANO, PHILIP JOHN SON, JEAN PARIS, FRANCOIS LOMBARD, PONTUS HULTEN and ROBERT BORDAZ.
Producer JUDITH BUMPUS