Collection Lambert Extension By Berger&Berger

Paris-based architects Berger&Berger completed an extension to the museum housing Yvon Lambert’s contemporary art collection in Avignon, France. Originally a duo of 18th-century French mansions, Berger&Berger designed three windowless spaces to connect and expand the original houses, including a white concrete and marble atrium boasting a spiral staircase. Light filters down through a circular skylight framed by circular fluorescent tubes. Speaking of the vision behind the design, the architects say, “The project joined geometric spaces and varying atmospheres […] The ensemble includes spacious galleries infused with natural light from the historical architecture and artificially lit abstract galleries that correspond more to the ‘white cube’ of big modern museums.”

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