Portmeirion
Welsh architect Clough Williams-Ellis built Portmeirion between 1925 and 1973. He acquired the Aber Iâ estate in 1925 for his proposed village. The site included cliffs, an estuary, woods, streams and older buildings; he converted the shore-side house into a hotel.
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Welsh architect Clough Williams-Ellis built Portmeirion between 1925 and 1973. He acquired the Aber Iâ estate in 1925 for his proposed village. The site included cliffs, an estuary, woods, streams and older buildings; he converted the shore-side house into a hotel.
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- United Kingdom
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Editorial interpretation: The combination of existing buildings and a planned village offers a way to read Portmeirion as an architectural experiment. Its shoreline setting invites attention to the relationship between composition and the landscape already present.
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