Locations

The construction of a building for radio and television services was decided in the 1950s. In 1952, the State acquired the land in the 16th arrondissement of Paris on the banks of the Seine, where a gas factory, which had been decommissioned in 1928, and then a stadium were located. The plans were drawn up by the architect Henry Bernard.

The Maison de la Radio was inaugurated on December 14th 1963 by Mr Charles de Gaulle, President of the French Republic, in the presence of André Malraux, Minister of State for Cultural Affairs.

The house was successively the headquarters of the Radiodiffusion-télévision française (RTF) from December 1963 to 27 June 1964, then of the Office de radiodiffusion télévision française until December 31st 1974. It then houses the management, services, radio studios as well as some auditoriums often used as television studios.
When the ORTF broke up on January 1st 1975, it was assigned to Radio France and took the name "Maison de Radio France".

In 2005, a rehabilitation project was undertaken for the entire Maison de Radio France with the firms "Architecture-studio" as prime contractor, "Changement à vue" for the scenography and "Nagata Acoustics" and "Lamoureux" for the acoustics. In addition to bringing the entire building up to fire safety standards and removing asbestos, it was decided to take advantage of the construction site to build a new 1,400-seat symphony concert hall with organ, an underground car park and to replace the existing surface car park with gardens.