The 12 Most Influential Buildings of 2019

Musée Yves Saint Laurent is a museum dedicated to the French fashion designer. It houses thousands of items of clothing, haute couture accessories, sketches, and assorted objects. In addition to a museum, the building holds a permanent exhibition space, a bookshop, a café-restaurant with a terrace, and a research library with some 5,000 books. Studio KO studied Saint Laurent’s archive to arrive at a structural design that mimics his curved and rectilinear designs, and one that uses intricate brickwork to achieve a look not unlike stitched clothing.