Word: hausmannian
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...most radical expression yet of Nouvel's self-proclaimed pride in being "an architect of context." Its northern face, shielded from the road along the Seine by an immense transparent glass screen, exactly echoes the river's bend; on the west, it seamlessly abuts five late 19th century Hausmannian apartment buildings with a grace that leaves their courtyards intact. And along the southern exposure, where the public will begin entering the complex this week, Nouvel has given the museum just the right height and density to make accomplices rather than minions of the apartment buildings across the narrow...
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