Château La Coste - (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This revised and expanded edition features a dozen more extraordinary art and architecture projects new to Château La Coste since the first edition was published in 2020.

Château La Coste, near Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, is a unique property that features sculptural artworks and art installations by leading contemporary artists alongside works by some of the world's best-known architects, all within the grounds of a working organic vineyard. Since 2002 the estate, which occupies an ancient site, has been transformed into a remarkable plein air museum, and the number of installations - most created in situ, especially for this location - grows every year. Alongside Storm King Art Center in New York State, Glenstone in Maryland, and Goodwood Art Foundation in southern England, Château La Coste is today one of the world's preeminent destinations where art, architecture, and landscape are seamlessly integrated. Among those whose work populates Château La Coste are Louise Bourgeois, Tracey Emin, Sean Scully, Yoko Ono, Conrad Shawcross, Andy Goldsworthy, Richard Serra, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, and Tadao Ando.

The new projects in this revised and expanded edition include a distinctively curved auditorium and a dramatically cantilevered gallery, the final buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer and Richard Rogers respectively. Robert Ivy and Alistair Hicks explore each artwork and structure in depth. Their insightful commentaries are accompanied by specially commissioned images by the acclaimed architectural photographer Alan Karchmer. Ivy's introduction outlines the creation of the property by its owner, Paddy McKillen, and thereafter the book takes the form of a walk through the domaine, so that the reader is able to experience Château La Coste as a visitor would, from Tadao Ando's minimalist concrete gate - an emphatic statement of modernity in the landscape - to Jean-Michel Wilmotte's repurposed exhibition space, the Old Winestore Gallery, Throughout the pages, the reader is transported to idyllic Provence, to this enthralling, varied, and unique collection of art and architecture.