BEST NEW PUBLIC
BUILDING
JOINT WINNER
Musée Yves Saint Laurent,
Marrakech, by Studio KO
Yves Saint Laurent’s Moroccan legacy is
now complete thanks to the opening of
this elegant new museum devoted to his life
and work. Sited next to Jardin Majorelle, a
historical garden saved from redevelopment
by the French couturier in 1980, the 4,000
sq m museum houses exhibition spaces, a
research library and an auditorium.
Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty of Parisian
firm Studio KO have gone for a pared-back
approach, using local brick construction
techniques wherever possible, and placed
a circular courtyard at the building’s heart.
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