The François-Mitterrand site of the Bibliothèque nationale de France was designed by Dominique Perrault, whose firm was retained in July 1989. President François Mitterrand announced the project on July 14, 1988. Bouygues carried out the construction. It was inaugurated on December 15, 1996, after the major collections moved from the Rue de Richelieu. The article gives no address, materials or dimensions.
The design won the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture in 1996. Its high-rise design brought cost overruns and technical difficulties, and the site was nicknamed the Très Grande Bibliothèque.
A wireless network was fully installed only in August 2016, after initial trade union opposition. The article states no style, so the Minimalism tag is an assumption.
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