The MuCEM

[ad_1] By Marina Correa Photography:  Lisa Ricciotti; courtesy the architects . The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (MuCEM) is a cube of lacy concrete that precariously lies at the tip of the Mediterranean Sea in Marseille, France. Designed by French architect Rudy Ricciotti, the institution is an ode to the culture of that very sea… An idyllic footbridge connects it to a 17th century historic fort Saint-Jean and the azure sea below. The architect describes the building as a ‘vertical kasbah’, referring to its location on the harbour, which seems to float between water and sky. Open to the […]