Gare Montparnasse, Railway Station in 1852

A bit of History

This is the second Montparnasse railway station replacing the first one built in 1840 (then called embarcadère du Maine) just outside the Paris’ walls. This station has been built between 1848-1852 and was known first as “gare de l’Ouest rive Gauche” (St Lazare was the “gare de l’ouest rive droite” before to be named gare Montparnasse.[2]
The station architects were Victor Lenoir and Alphonse Baude (chief Engineer at the Compagnie de l’ouest). the hall (and iron floors) is from Eugene Flachat, The ornamental statues on the clock are from Hubert Lavigne and are supposed to represent the “industry” and the “agriculture”.

BELVAL

Location | Luxembourg
Year | 11.2019
Soft | 3ds Max, Corona renderer, Adobe Photoshop CC

BELVAL is a multifunctional building. There will be offices, shops and recreation areas. The building will be a part of the new urban district of Luxembourg, built on the site of the former metallurgical plant. The building was designed using natural and organic materials.

The architectural project was visualized for the Belgian architectural bureau.

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