The French, Part One

Is it just me, or do the French have the grandeur and glory aesthetic on lock? Honestly, this rendering of their new concert hall, Philharmonie de Paris is alarming in its beauty. What must it be like to live in Paris (eww...I can't believe I just said that. I thought only a certain kind of person breathlessly dreamed of a Parisian life...and frankly I did not think I was one. Ah well. C'est la vie!) surrouned by large stone palaces, grand avenues and women whose blood is couture?