The Musée Des Confluences—named after its site at the meeting point of the Rhône and Saône rivers in the French city of Lyon—is nearing completion, and is anticipated to open this summer. Its author, the Austrian practice Coop Himmelb(l)au, is a longstanding stalwart of the deconstructivist movement—and the cataclysm of complex geometries on show here prove that Design Principal Wolf Prix has not forgotten his roots.
The Musée Des Confluences—named after its site at the meeting point of the Rhône and Saône rivers in the French city of Lyon—is nearing completion, and is anticipated to open this summer. Its author, the Austrian practice Coop Himmelb(l)au, is a longstanding stalwart of the deconstructivist movement—and the cataclysm of complex geometries on show here prove that Design Principal Wolf Prix has not forgotten his roots.