Paris Design Week 2024: design and sport meet at the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine

The Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine is taking part in this latest edition of Paris Design Week, from September 4 to 15, 2024, with a program focusing on sport and architecture.

10 days of meetings, exhibitions, concept stores and new boutiques, experiences and festive events. It's time for the latest edition of Paris Design Week, which takes over the four corners of the capital this September. This major annual event showcases French decoration, design andart de vivre at some one hundred participating venues.

Among these institutions is the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine. The Parisian museum, located on Place de la Concorde, is taking part in this 2024 edition of Paris Design Week, with a special program to be discovered from September 4 to 15.

The Cité de l'Architecture highlights the history and masterpieces of French architecture and heritage. Monuments, construction techniques, craftsmanship, but also modern cities and contemporary urban planning: the museum keeps alive the memory of important works in the cities of yesterday and today, thanks to numerous models, sculptures, casts, graphic works, photographs, archives...

During this latest edition of Paris Design Week, the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine is particularly interested in sport, the buildings that host competitions, and the way in which sporting activity is integrated into cities. Two exhibitions are featured during the event.

Il était une fois les stades, the sports exhibition at the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine
What better city than Paris for an exhibition on stadiums? Stade de France, Parc des Princes, Jean Bouin... so many sports venues that host matches throughout the year, deconstructed in length and breadth at the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine, from March 20, 2024. [Read more]

When the city takes to the Games: nomadic fan zones on show at the Cité de l'architecture
To mark the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Mini Maousse microarchitecture competition asked students to design nomadic fan zones, to be discovered at an exhibition at the Cité de l'architecture, from March 20, 2024. [Read more]