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Straight lines of repeating pattern…

I went for the first time at Tour Montparnasse observation floors. It is the highest skyscraper in France but it will be exceeded by First Tower (formerly known as Axa Tower) in 2011.

A Japanese, a French and an English garden altogether with three forest types in the middle of Boulogne…

Time for a “tourist” picture…

The glass and steel dome called La Géode was designed by Adrien Fainsilber and it was opened in 1986.

The “folie du rond-point” is one of the several red-painted steel constructions disposed in a strict 120-meter point-grid. The follies were designed by Bernard Tschumi.

The great gallery of evolution has been redesigned in early 90s by architects Paul Chemetov and Borja Huidobro. They have also designed the Ministry of Economy and Finance building in Paris.

External links: Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Gallery of Evolution.

Happy Holidays filled with laughter from a happy clown

I continue the Paris parks series with these three new pictures from the “parc de l’Ile Saint-Germain” (same as last week). Unusually empty for a Saturday afternoon (it’s already late autumn), it was easy to spot these lonely figures…