Feb 8, 2010 0
Louvre Lens
uvre lens by SANAA, imrey culbert and mosbach paysagistes
Construction has begun for the louvre lens atop an abandoned mine field near the cityof lille in northern france. Co-designed by tokyo-based SANAA, New york-based imrey culbert,and Paris-based mosbach paysagistes, the new branch of the louvre will span 300,000 squarefeet of new construction, devoting over 75,000 square feet of galleries and visitable storage areas for hundreds of treasures from the louvre’s collection. Read the rest of this entry »
