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https://archinect.com/news/article/150305919/one-of-oscar-niemeyer-s-last-drawings-to-be-realized-at-ch-teau-la-coste-in-france
One of Oscar Niemeyer's last drawings to be realized at Château La Coste in France
Josh Niland
2022-04-07T19:24:00-04:00
>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/32/32d7dbfd067de323ca0e484402b5b4ad.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>France’s <a href="https://chateau-la-coste.com/en/art-architecture/art-and-architecture.html" target="_blank">Château La Coste</a> will make history this summer with the realization of one of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4595/oscar-niemeyer" target="_blank">Oscar Niemeyer</a>’s last architectural drawings. </p>
<p>Set idyllically amongst the Château’s 500-acre estate in one of the country’s most significant wine regions, the latest in a series of pavilions will play host to a 1,250-square-foot art gallery and 80-seat cylindrical auditorium. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b6/b66b497d1466156b6c9490dc6e9ace39.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b6/b66b497d1466156b6c9490dc6e9ace39.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image © Stéphane Aboudaram, WE ARE CONTENT(S), 2022</figcaption></figure><p>The project was initiated in 2010 and took more than a year to perfect, resulting in a striking final gift to his adopted home and its age-old craft, which Niemeyer considered a sacred and essential human activity.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a9/a950b5cdcd0032a4cde9f0ee10c6c30a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a9/a950b5cdcd0032a4cde9f0ee10c6c30a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image © Stéphane Aboudaram, WE ARE CONTENT(S), 2022</figcaption></figure><p>Visitors will enter the pavilion’s glass facade across from a shallow reflecting pool that provides a perfect frame for the structure’s signature curved form and surrounding Provencial terroir. Niemeyer worked alongside founder Paddy McKillen and his grandson-in-law, architect Jair Valera, to select the site and ...</p>