Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine

The Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (French pronunciation: [site də laʁʃitɛktyʁ e dy patʁimwan], Architecture and Heritage City) is a museum of architecture and monumental sculpture located in the Palais de Chaillot (Trocadéro), in Paris, France.

The museum was renovated in 2007 and covers 9,000 square meters of gallery space.

[1] As a whole, the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine spreads across 22,000 square meters, which makes it the largest museum devoted to architecture in the world, even surpassing the Design Museum of London.

Alongside temporary exhibitions, it is made of three permanent exhibits : The Cité also houses: The Cité supported the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture launch in 2006 by the architect and professor Jana Revedin.

Placed under the patronage of the UNESCO from 2010, the prize is awarded to 5 architects every year since 2007, at the Cité.