Paris Rive Gauche is an emerging area known for its contemporary architecture, embodied by the book-shaped towers of Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand. Offices, lunch spots, and chain stores fill state-of-the-art buildings along Avenue de France, while Seineside quays are home to riverboat bars and Piscine Joséphine Baker, a floating swimming pool. Cité de la Mode et du Design is an arts center with a fashion school.