What was that cool building David Adjaye did?

May 7, 2005 9:45 AM

I recently saw architect David Adjaye give a presentation. He showed slides of an interesting gallery/art museum he designed. It's on an island, off the coast of Croatia, I think. The building is half-buried and may be solar-powered. I can't find it on google. Anybody know?
posted by hydrophonic to media & arts (4 comments total)

What date did you see the presentation, and where (city, venue)?
posted by WestCoaster at 3:57 PM on May 7, 2005

April 26, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago
posted by hydrophonic at 5:02 PM on May 7, 2005

This isn't by him, or in Croatia, but it is an art museum on an island, half-underground. It's not the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum in Japan is it?
posted by fionab at 5:15 PM on May 7, 2005

Try emailing his firm. They should know.

It seems like a dominant element of his buildings is light and solar power, mostly allowing the interior to heat up by the placement of windows. I've seen other buildings that are half underground so then to cool the house. So it's not unique to this Croatia museum.
posted by scazza at 10:04 AM on May 8, 2005