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Louvre-Lens

Louvre-Lens

Architect

SANAA

Year

2012

Style

Contemporary

Type

museum

Louvre-Lens is a regional satellite of the Paris Louvre, set on the spoil heaps of a former coal mine in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais coalfield. SANAA, led by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, won the 2003 competition with a low chain of five…

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Timeline

  1. 2012

    Original construction

    SANAA, Kazuyo Sejima

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