Architecture-Studio and Jean Nouvel won the 1981 design competition. The League of Arab States and the French government funded the building, which was built from 1981 to 1987 and inaugurated on November 30, 1987. The article gives the cost as about 230 million euros and the floor space as 181,850 square feet (16,894 m²).
The river facade follows the curve of the Seine and softens the grid of the neighboring Jussieu campus. The southwest facade is a glass curtain wall facing a large public square. Behind it, a metallic screen of 240 motorized, photosensitive shutters opens and closes to regulate light and heat.
It won the Aga Khan Award for Architectural Excellence in 1989 and was renovated from 2014 to 2017. It holds a museum, library and auditorium. The article names no style and gives no ticket prices.
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