This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn more.
This Website Uses Cookies
By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Learn More
This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn more.
Architectural Record
search
cart
facebook twitter linkedin youtube
Architectural Record
  • NEWS
    • Latest News
    • Coronavirus Coverage
    • Technology
    • Interviews
    • Commentary
    • Reviews
    • Editorials
  • PROJECTS
    • Building Types
    • Adaptive Reuse
    • Museums & Arts Centers
    • Colleges & Universities
    • Interior Design
    • Lighting
    • Kitchen & Bath
  • HOUSES
    • Record Houses
    • House of the Month
    • Featured Houses
  • PRODUCTS
    • Material World Newsletter
    • Categories
    • Products of the Year
    • Sponsored Products
  • EXCLUSIVES
    • Videos
    • Podcasts
      • Design:ED Podcast
      • Sponsored Podcasts
    • Historic Archive
    • Record Houses
    • Design Vanguard
    • Record Interiors
    • Top 300 Firms
    • Products of the Year
    • Best Architecture Schools
  • SUBMIT WORK
    • Design Vanguard 2021
    • Record Houses 2021
    • Guess the Architect
    • Cocktail Napkin Sketch
    • Submission Guidelines
    • Editorial Calendar
  • CONTINUING ED
    • Editorial Continuing Ed
    • CE Center
    • CE Topic Academies
  • EVENTS
    • Record on the Road
    • Innovation Conference
    • Women In Architecture
    • Webinars
    • Ad Excellence Awards
    • Submit an Event
  • MORE
    • CONTACT
      • Masthead
      • Customer Service
      • Subscribe
      • Custom Content Marketing
    • Advertise
    • Newsletters
    • Store
    • Custom Content Marketing
    • Research
    • Sponsor Insights
    • Sponsored eBooks
  • MAGAZINE
    • Current Issue
    • Digital Edition
    • Historic Archive
    • Subscribe
    • Customer Service
    • My Account
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
Home » Collector's Edition: Chateau La Coste

You have 0 Articles Left This Month. Join RECORD Premium Today for Unlimited Access.

Projects

Collector's Edition: Chateau La Coste

In southern France, a real-estate investor and art patron reimagines a vineyard where architecture and sculpture thrive.

May 16, 2015
Suzanne Stephens
KEYWORDS France
Order Reprints
No Comments

It's not often that art, architecture, and wine-making come together as a cultural statement. Unless, of course it occurs in France, which prides itself on its own special savoir vivre. Ironically, the person behind this sensual conjunction at Ch'teau La Coste in Provence, where a winery has been enlivened with works of architecture and sculpture, is an Irishman, Patrick (Paddy) McKillen. In 2002, McKillen, a real-estate investor and art collector, embarked on a special sort of patronage. He found the old vineyard with a country house dating to the 16th century among the verdant hills near Aix-en-Provence where he could be ensconced with his family for parts of the year. In giving new life to the viticulture of the 495-acre property, McKillen asked French architect Jean Nouvel to create a 30,000-square-foot facility for a two-part gravity-flow winery. Nouvel complied with barrel-shaped, aluminum-clad steel-frame structures, completed in 2008. But this was only the first step in a grand scheme. McKillen was soon busy turning the vineyards'where you might stumble over Roman ruins'into a contemporary art-and-architecture park open to the public all year.

According to McKillen, 'The art and architecture projects here originated in response to this landscape, the region of Provence, and the relationship with wine.' He sensed that sculpture and architecture would add a robust ambience to enrich the terroir (the particular soil and climate) that gives Ch'teau La Coste wines their distinct personality. So now oenophiles and cultural cognoscenti can see artworks by Louise Bourgeois, Richard Serra, Andy Goldsworthy, and Sean Scully, among others, interspersed with buildings designed by Tadao Ando, Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry, and Jean Prouv', while savoring blends of Grenache, Syrah, and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes.

You have 0 complimentary articles remaining.

lock iconJOIN RECORD PREMIUM to Unlock Unlimited Access + Premium Benefits.

Already a RECORD Subscriber or Premium Member?Login Now or Register Your Email

What is RECORD Premium?

Privacy Policy

Related Articles

Art Collector's Loft

The New York Edition Hotel by Ian Schrager and the Rockwell Group

Agahnia House by Sebastian Mariscal

Related Products

Architect's Square Foot Costbook, 2021 Edition

Sustainable Healthcare Architecture, 2nd Edition

Architectural Detailing: Function, Constructibility, Aesthetics, 3rd Edition

More Videos
DESIGN:ED Podcast
Listen to Architectural Record’s DESIGN:ED Podcast

Tweets by @ArchRecord

Events

March 4, 2021

The Future of Wood Design Innovation in the US

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 IACET CEU
May qualify for learning hours through most Canadian architectural associations

Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) buildings captured imaginations and launched a sustainable construction revolution in North America. What is on the horizon for mass timber construction? This presentation focuses on the issues and innovations that will shape the next decade of mass timber design in the US. 

March 24, 2021

Patient Spaces and Privacy

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 IACET CEU
May qualify for learning hours through most Canadian architectural associations

Is the tipping point finally here on ditching cubicle curtains? For at least the past decade, healthcare designers and facility managers have been predicting the demise of privacy curtains in hospital and clinical spaces. Many point to the rise of single-patient rooms which afford their own privacy. 

View All Submit An Event
The Future of Wood Design - Free Vectorworks Webinar - March 4, 2021 - 2:00 PM EDT

The latest news and information

#1 Source for Architectural Design, News and Products

JOIN RECORD PREMIUM
  • Contact
    • Survey And Sample
    • Editorial Calendar
    • Industry Jobs
  • Call for Entries
  • Subscribe
    • Subscribe
    • Renew
    • Create Account
    • Change Address
    • Pay My Bill
    • Free eNewsletters
    • Customer Care
  • Advertise
    • Architectural Record
    • Advertising Awards
  • Privacy
    • PRIVACY POLICY
    • TERMS & CONDITIONS
    • DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION
    • PRIVACY REQUEST
    • ACCESSIBILITY

Copyright ©2021. All Rights Reserved BNP Media.

Design, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing