Nomiya is a temporary restaurant installation designed by artist Laurent Grasso atop the Palais de Tokyo, only open till July 2010. It’s set in a glass box with sweeping views of the city and the food concept is almost like a private dinner party, except you share a communal table with like-minded foodie strangers. They [...]

As one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Paris takes design very seriously. This attitude manifests itself in the boldness of its many architectural landmarks, as well as day-to-day things, such as the Métro or the ubiquitous newstands on the sidewalk. It’s easy to take for granted that someone, at some time, put [...]

All great cities have one thing in common: once you have visited their renowned monuments, museums and historic sites, there remains much to explore.  And so it goes with Paris.
After you have seen every room in the Louvre and every impressionist masterpiece in the Musée d’Orsay, there is still le Centre Pompidou, l’Orangerie, le Musée [...]

I have strong opinions about many things but when it comes to exploring Paris and its environs, I have no standards at all. Wherever you’re going, whatever you’re doing, I’m pretty much game. So when I had the opportunity to visit a private home designed by Finnish architect Alvar [...]

Max Linder Panorama is one of several classic art deco cinemas in 9th and 18th arrondissements. Unlike its landmark neighbor, the 3000- seat Rex, Max Linder has an unassuming exterior. Built in 1912, the theatre was re-named after the French silent film pioneer Max Linder purchased it in 1914. The theatre was renovated in 1987, preserving [...]

There are over 100 museums in Paris, some of them quite unique, like the Musée de la Franc-Maçonnerie (16 rue Cadet, 9th). In France, the Grand-Orient is the oldest and most important Masonic brotherhood in continental Europe, created in 1728. The museum, first opened in 1889, is in a modern building that traces the history [...]

On the facade of the Chemistry and Natural Science facility at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, two names stand out: the architects A & J Guilbert. They were a father and son whose work spanned the first half of the twentieth century and the many upheavals that this period brought. Their story is one of kinship and collaboration, but [...]

I bundled up in my down coat and wool cap last week to see Ice Magic, an exhibition of 50 ice sculptures of famous French monuments and icons. The Eiffel Tower, Rodin’s Thinker, Notre Dame and its hunchback, Mona Lisa, the Hotel de Ville, and Django Reinhardt bathed in pink, blue, and green lights, are [...]

Louis XIV stands alone in a barren courtyard surrounded by evidence of renovation. A stark introduction to the Musée Carnavalet is fitting preparation for the special exhibition La Révolution Française, Trésors Cachés. This rarely shown collection of over 200 pieces follows the chronology of the French Revolution as presented in three acts: The Fall of the Monarchy; Republic Jacobine; [...]

If you, like me, never get tired of images of the Eiffel Tower, head over to Eye Prefer Paris, which has a fresh batch. Here are two of them.