COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, MUSÉE DES CONFLUENCES, LYON

In the late 2014 the new Musée des Confluences in Lyon was opened to the public. It was created by Wolf D. Prix of the Coop Himmelb( l)au team, which was founded in the 1970s.Functioning as a museum of human history, this impressive concrete, metal and glass coloss us truly does appear to float above the peninsula at the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône. Like the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao , this new building, so impossible to overlook, is an inspiration for the revitalisation of disrupted urban areas and the valorisati on of de...[Read more]