The Hepworth, Wakef ield by David Chipperf ield Architects

摘要

Some prefer the simpler (and cheaper) monopitch art sheds of his Turner Contemporary in Margate, but the higher ambition of the Hepworth, which we described in this magazine last June as 'one of the best new art galleries Britain has seen in decades', gave it the edge. The building is a modern version of a fortified medieval bastide, rising sheer from the foaming waters of the River Calder. A monolithic building is given the appearance of a cluster of smaller ones, each element representing one of the non-orthogonal galleries.