The Wildly Unlikely Story Behind the French Communist Party's Headquarters

At Place du Colonel Fabien in Paris's working class 19th arrondissement sits one of the strangest buildings in the city, a rippling white and glass structure that looks more like something from a science fiction film than the administrative home of a political party. It was designed for free by an exiled Brazilian communist, took thirteen years to finish, and now spends more time hosting fashion shows than party congresses. It's also one of the more unexpected results of a military coup on...