35 - Richard Meier

Richard Meier (born in Newark, New Jersey, 1934), “Immeuble Le Jade, Ex-siège de Canal+” (The Le Jade Building, former headquarters of the TV network Canal+), 1989, silkscreen print on handmade paper, signed and dated in pencil in the lower right corner and bearing the publisher’s dry stamp, numbered “16/25” in the lower left corner, 58 x 122 cm, (paper size: 76 x 137 cm), cf. the copy in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris (Inv. No. G. 22433), mounted under glass in a white anodized aluminum frame, overall dimensions: 78 x 139 cm. Limit 540,- The building, designed by American architect Richard Meier, housed the Canal+ headquarters in Paris. Arranged in an L-shape, it separates an office area (facing Quai André Citroën) from the television studios (facing Rue des Cévennes). A large atrium marks the entrance and connects the two parts of the building. Toward the Quai, the fully glazed, curved facade of the offices transitions into an opaque structure clad in white steel panels. The production studios, some of which are located underground, extend over four levels. This project exemplifies the architectural language so characteristic of the American architect: Pristine white, modularity, and plasticity are constants in his work, while the layout of the structures reflects the functional organization of the interior. Today, the building houses several media companies of the Lagardère Group as well as Rive Gauche Studios, a television production studio.