Bordeaux, France
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The Water Mirror, a rectangle of half-inch-deep water created by landscape architects Claire and Michel Corajoud, expresses the modern face of a city known for its historic architecture.Photo by: Peter Augustin -
The Romanesque Église Sainte-Croix, constructed during the 12th and 13th centuries, was substantially renovated in the late 19th century, when its southern bell tower was added.Photo by: Peter Augustin -
The lightness and transparency of Richard Rogers’s 1998 law courts, in the city’s historic center, are meant to emphasize the openness of the French judicial system.Photo by: Peter Augustin -
The elegant Place Georges de Porto-Riche.Photo by: Peter Augustin -
The new Seeko’o Hotel, the world’s first building clad entirely in DuPont Corian.Photo by: Peter Augustin -
The functionalist Caserne des Pompiers, a 1954 firehouse by the architects Claude Ferret, Adrien Courtois, and Yves Salier.Photo by: Peter Augustin -
The city’s architectural masterwork, Victor Louis’s Grand-Théâtre, completed in 1780, is home to the city’s National Opera.Photo by: Peter Augustin -
The massive concrete Base Sous-Marine was built during World War II to house German submarines but has become a popular and singularly dramatic venue for exhibitions and performances.Photo by: Peter Augustin -
Brochet recommends the restaurant Le Bouchon Bordelais or both the cuisine and its view of “the oldest prostitutes in Bordeaux.”Photo by: Peter Augustin
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