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Louvre-Lens

The Louvre-Lens is an art museum located in Lens, France, approximately 200 kilometers north of Paris. It displays objects from the collections of the Musée du Louvre that are lent to the gallery on a medium- or long-term basis. The Louvre-Lens annex is part of an effort to provide access to French cultural institutions for people who live outside of Paris. Though the museum maintains close institutional links with…

building

built

2010

Lens, Lens, France

Museum

museum gallery Museum lightness museums open plans

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Kazuyo Sejima

Born 1956 · Tokyo, Japan

Role: lead architect

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An architect whose work often pursues lightness, permeability, and subtle social choreography through pared-down forms.

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SANAA

bureau · Tokyo, Japan

Role: designer

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The collaborative office of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, known for quietly radical public buildings and highly refined domestic space.

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SANAA: Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa

SANAA, Mohsen Mostafavi · 2006 · Actar

Barcelona

lightness · museums · open plans

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