Tuesday, October 25, 2011

 Biarritz
Musée de l'Ocean et du Surf
Built by Steven Holl
Inaugurated in June 2011

The architect is a surfer.
It shows.

1 comment:

Carter said...

Distinctive and thrilling in a disciplined coherency. I very much admire his work at the Nelson Atkins in the USA and although we don't see much environmental context here, the project looks similarly site-sensitive. At certain angles the primary building suggests almost a mansard roofline in the treatment of its upper story, with the waveforms recalling Kahn and Corbusier, excitingly.Thanks for showing the project: I'm assuming these are your photographs. I'd love to see that.