[simply Dan]

I thought PoMo was dead - take a look at this new residential development in La Défense, Paris:

 

[Canuck]

I don't hate it. Not sure if I like it, but I know I don't hate it.

 

[wyliepoon]

Oh, I definitely like it. It's like a midrise version of our Greenwood Racetrack redevelopment. I can definitely imagine the people in it living the "good life".

 

[JasonParis]

Oh my, it's even worse than Le Forum des Halles...

 

[adma]

Well, it's nice to see that even the Parisian banlieue isn't immune to Tridelesque middlebrow cheese. (Though remember that these environs "did it first", going back to Ricardo Bofill in the 70s...)

 

[Hydrogen]

Looks like the waterfront condos in Cobourg - but on steroids.

 

[screenplaying]

I hope residents are fashionable enough not to clash with the surroundings.

 

[EnviroTO]

Wow. A single building which looks like a whole village on a hillside.

 

[Urban Shocker]

This makes the Cheddington look good.

 

[Hipster Duck]

Oh, wait, according to Christopher Hume we Torontonians have a monopoly on aesthetic crapiness because we are a provincial backwater burgh that lacks the confidence and maturity to think and dream as big as a world metropolis. But Paris is a world metropolis, isn't it? I'm so confused!

 

[adma]

But this isn't Paris. It's the banlieue.

Though yes; as with the race riots a couple years ago, maybe Paris *is* somewhat reflexively responsible...

 

[indense]

Wow. A single building which looks like a whole village on a hillside.

That was my first impression too. I bet the further away you get, the better it looks. Also if you squint.

 

[Juma]

Wow. A single building which looks like a whole village on a hillside.

That is exactly what I was thinking.

I think it looks pretty cool.

 

[AndreaPalladio]

And it's not even in Paris - it's even beyond Neuilly - you'd have to be determined to be offended ever to actually see it.

 

[MajorComplainer]

I like it! It's alot better than many boring condos in Toronto...