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ARCHITECTURE
MARRAKECH
YVES SAINT LAURENT MUSEUM
T he Marrakech Yves Saint Laurent Museum is dedicated Studio KO based the building’s design on the Yves Saint Laurent oeuvre
to the life and work of French fashion icon Yves Saint and “…by the duality between curved and straight lines and between
Laurent, curated by Saint Laurent’s former partner, loose and precise approaches to cutting fabric.” The façade of the building
and French culture maestro, the late Pierre Bergé. The includes intersecting bricks placed in aesthetic patterns, inspired by …”
museum, designed by Studio KO recently opened a short distance away the weft and warp of fabric”. The museum’s interior is designed like the
from Jardin Majorelle, where the designer found inspiration and where “lining of a couture jacket … velvety, smooth and radiant.”
his ashes were scattered.
Photos Courtesy Of: Nicolas Mathéus
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