Report: Portal Between City and Sea

Issue
11/2018 Lighting and Space
Author
Daniel Reisch
Task
New construction
Around 2,500 precast concrete panels, each up to 4 m long, were used to form the building’s rugged facade, inspired by the cliff landscape of the Scottish east coast.
© Hufton + Crow
The Victoria & Albert Museum has opened a new branch in Dundee, Scotland. The new building by Kengo Kuma & Associates takes up typical forms of Scotland's coastal landscape.
Around 2,500 precast concrete panels, each up to 4 m long, were used to form the building’s rugged facade, inspired by the cliff landscape of the Scottish east coast.
© Hufton + Crow