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Title	Bus Stop, Nimes
View	General view
Work Type	buildings transportation buildings bus shelters
Style/Period	Minimal Twentieth century
Creator Name	Starck, Philippe, born 1949
Creator Nationality	French
Date.Creator Birth	1949
Contributors to Project	Philippe Starck (French architect, born 1949)
Subject.work	architecture cityscape contemporary (1960 to present) Transportation public transportation busses
Country	France
City	Nimes
State/Province	Languedoc-Roussillon
Location.Notes	Traffic island, Avenue Carnot, corner of Rue Notre-Dame
Architectural Material	green marble
Technique	construction (assembling)
Dates	1987 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	8/15/1999
Subject Information	Inspired by the crocodile - the Nimes city symbol - Philippe Starck designed this bus stop as a long, winding line of dark green seats slithering out from the front and back ends of a monumental shelter. The seats are small, solid cubes, and the shelter is a covered, open-sided cube. Both are of crocodile-green marble. All is pristine and simple, though the necessary accouterments - a bus schedule panel and public telephone - are incorporated into the pillars of the shelter. It's an attractive and functional design and a excellent exemplar of public art.
Information.source	Architecture Week [ezine]; http://www.architectureweek.com
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)