ELLE Decoration (UK)

FLOATING ON AIR

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British architect Richard Rogers, known for iconic projects like the Lloyd’s Building and Pompidou Centre, is ending his career with another showstoppe­r – the gravity-defying Richard Rogers Drawing Gallery at Château La Coste in Provence. Thanks to a seesaw-like structure, this remarkable feat of engineerin­g cantilever­s 27m out from the hillside, allowing it to float 18m above the woodland below (chateau-la-coste.com;rsh-p.com).

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