Few RECORD readers will have heard of Montigny-le-Bretonneux, a 32,000-inhabitant community located 16 miles southwest of Paris. Yet many will recognize one of its landmarks: Ricardo Bofill’s Les Arcades du Lac (1972–80), a collective-housing scheme that, inspired by the 16th-century Château de Chenonceaux, suspends residents on a viaduct over water. Just a stone’s throw away, Strasbourg-based architects Dominique Coulon & Associés recently completed a $10.6 million municipal dance, music, and theater school.
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