Pompidou Tune-Up
Paris’s Centre Pompidou is slated for a $108 million refurbishment, to begin in 2018. The facade’s iconic escalator will be replaced, but the rest of the exterior will remain intact.
[Artnet]
Will Power
Zaha Hadid reportedly left behind an estate valued at over £70 million. Hadid’s successor at her firm, Patrik Schumacher, is one of her will’s four executors, and the only non-family member assigned a monetary sum.
[The Architect’s Journal]
Cover Girl
British Prime Minister Theresa May will appear on the April cover of American Vogue. Lauded photographer Annie Leibovitz shot May for the spread last week.
[The Guardian]
Take Off
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday, the company’s first liftoff since one of its rockets exploded in September. However, news of SpaceX’s troubled finances dampened the achievement.
[The New York Times]
Inside Influence
In a bid to end LVMH’s use of exotic skins in its merchandise, PETA has purchased shares in French fashion group. The stake will enable the activist organization to attend shareholder meetings.
[BBC]
