Location Biarritz, France Opening June 2011 Opened June 2011 Construction started 2005 | Completed 2011 Floor area 38000 sqm Phone +33 5 59 22 75 40 Architect Steven Holl | |
Address 1 Avenue de la Plage, la Milady, 64200 Biarritz, France Hours Open today · 10AM–7PMMonday10AM–7PMTuesday10AM–7PMWednesday10AM–7PMThursday10AM–7PMFriday10AM–7PMSaturday10AM–7PMSunday10AM–7PM Similar Aquarium de Biarritz, Planète Musée du Chocolat, Crypte Sainte Eugénie, Phare de Biarritz, Rocher de la Vierge Profiles | ||
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The Cité de l'Océan et du Surf, which opened in Biarritz, France in June 2011, is a museum designed by Steven Holl Architects in collaboration with Solange Fabião. The design was the winning scheme of an international competition held in 2005. Based on the concept "under the sky" and "under the sea," the building features a strongly curving roof, which also shapes the space of the public plaza, tilted towards the horizon and the ocean.
The 3800sm building, which houses gallery spaces, an auditorium, a restaurant, cafeteria and administrative offices, is part of a larger site, with a public landscape that flows seamlessly from the museum's plaza to the water.
For the Cité de l'Océan et du Surf, Steven Holl has received several awards, including the 2011 Emirates Glass LEAF Award, the 2012 American Architecture Award, and an Annual Design Review prize.