The Maison de la Radio et de la Musique in Paris was designed by Henry Bernard, selected in a 1953 competition. The text names no style, though it describes modernist glass and concrete buildings. Building began after a model was shown in March 1959, and Charles de Gaulle inaugurated it on December 14, 1963. The text names no client beyond Radio France as occupant.
The plan is a huge ring with a circumference of 1,640 feet (500 m) around a central utility tower, on a site of 38,000 square meters. Architecture-Studio led a renovation from 2005 to 2014, and the Grand Auditorium reopened in November 2014 with 1,462 seats and an organ of 5,320 pipes. Its walls use faceted birch, beech and cherry panels.
In March 2003 the Paris Prefect of Police ordered the central tower evacuated for fire safety. The building houses four Radio France ensembles and studios. It was renamed in 2021. The article gives no hours.
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