Centre Pompidou, the back facade

Designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers in 1977. Paris's counterpart of Tate Modern. But it doesn't just house a contemporary art museum but also a library, performance spaces, and a cinema - a revolutionary concept for an modern art museum. To ensure a vast space inside, air-conditiong, pipes, lifts, and escalators are all attached outside the building. As is often the case with contemporary art museums, the building itself is more fascinating than what it houses inside. Its top-floor cafe/restaurant Georges is superb in terms of its decor and foods except for the fact that the waiter sneaked a bottle of Vittel into my bill, which raised the total amount by 6 euro.