Contemporary Architecture in Spain

CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE IN SPAIN

CENTRO BOTÍN, SANTANDER Buildings like this contemporary art centre seem to float in the air. As if they were going to fly away at any moment. This is the feeling created here by Renzo Piano . In collaboration with the Spanish studio of Luis Vidal + Architects, Piano has achieved an as tonishing lightness with this project. In a privileged location in Santander, overhanging the sea , the building is

suspended on pillars and columns at treetop height in the Pereda Gardens. It is one of the great architectural achieve ments for you to admire as you stroll through the area: complete assimilation into the landscape and the connection of the city centre with the historical gar dens and the bay of the Cantabrian Sea. L For further information go to www.centrobotin.org

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Photo: @Fundación Botín-Centro Botín

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