<Tr> <Th> Structural engineer </Th> <Td> Arup </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Services engineer </Th> <Td> Arup </Td> </Tr> <P> Centre Georges Pompidou (French pronunciation: ​ (sɑ̃tʁ ʒɔʁʒ pɔ̃pidu)), commonly shortened to Centre Pompidou and also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil, and the Marais . It was designed in the style of high - tech architecture by the architectural team of Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, along with Gianfranco Franchini . </P> <P> It houses the Bibliothèque publique d'information (Public Information Library), a vast public library; the Musée National d'Art Moderne, which is the largest museum for modern art in Europe; and IRCAM, a centre for music and acoustic research . Because of its location, the Centre is known locally as Beaubourg (IPA: (bobuʁ)). It is named after Georges Pompidou, the President of France from 1969 to 1974 who commissioned the building, and was officially opened on 31 January 1977 by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing . As of 2006, the Centre Pompidou has had over 180 million visitors since 1977 and more than 5,209,678 visitors in 2013, including 3,746,899 for the museum . </P>

The pompidou center shown here is an early example of what 20th century style