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4 unusual facts about Grand Paris


Grand Paris

The architects leading the ten multi-disciplinary teams were: Jean Nouvel, Christian de Portzamparc, Antoine Grumbach, Roland Castro, Yves Lion, Djamel Klouche, Richard Rogers, Bernardo Secchi, Paola Vigano, Finn Geipel, Giulia Andi, and Winy Maas.

In October 2011, Delanoë stated that the President "is trying to claim for himself an urban dynamic begun long ago by the local governments".

Politically, the President of the Île-de-France region, Jean-Paul Huchon and the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, both members of the French Socialist Party have been opposed to the initiatives taken by the national government, which are in contradiction with the recent devolution of urban planning matters to local governments.

Greater Paris

Grand Paris, an initiative launched for "a new global plan for the Paris metropolitan region"



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