France: Silver medal for skating

By Will Jones 2001-06-23T00:00:00

Set in an uninspiring southern district, the building is a shimmering silver beacon, its walls scored with fluorescent blue gashes. The architect describes the double-layer facade as a vertical stretch of ice which unfolds as a flexible ribbon, the blue gashes of fibre optic light between the skins being scored ...

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