I Do, I Undo, I Redo, an installation consisting of three 9m-tall steel towers that visitors could climb, created for the inaugural Tate Modern Turbine Hall exhibition exactly a decade earlier, had been packed away in storage since it was taken down. You are greeted by the giant arachnoid sculpture rising from the reflecting pool in front of the Tadao Ando-designed Art Centre housing the main reception and a restaurant when you first enter the estate, which McKillen opened to the public in Given she had been so happy with the idea, McKillen felt empowered to suggest another.
He told me they were in storage and that Louise wanted them to go to a museum, but it was unlikely any museum would be able to display them permanently. It will be a feat of engineering when complete. Louise was very frail, but she lit up talking to Jean about the idea.
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All rooms are elegantly furnished and feature bespoke pieces by Vietnamese design company District Eight. The hotel has been under construction for the duration of and is located close to the site that Nouvel earmarked for the towers, which are halfway through being installed. It will be the first restaurant outside Marseille for the Michelin-starred chef, who owns the clifftop hotel Le Petit Nice. It is going to be unique. It is a simple, clean, elongated silhouette that blends discreetly into the landscape.
Looking up from the Tadao Ando Art Centre, you could easily mistake the convex stone facade of Villa La Coste for another pavilion or site-specific installation. Paddy has access to just about any architect in the world. It is a huge privilege to be here.
A key thing is the sense of intimacy, which escalates into what I describe as a sense of relaxed luxury. It is about designing places around people and not just designing spaces purely for the spectacle.
