The Lookout on the English seaside, designed by Hampshire County Council, has a slender mono-pitched roof and concrete fins that shelter it from the "beautiful and brutal" elements and rising sea levels.
This visitor centre and restaurant was designed by Hampshire County Council's Property Services to improve the experience for visitors to Lepe Country Park on the England's south coast.
"Restricted to a narrow margin of land ownership at beach level alongside the original cafe, [the building's] location tested both planning policy and the technical expertise of the designers and engineers," said the council's design manager, Martin Hallum.
"From the outset it was important that the building had composure in an environment that can be both beautiful and brutal."
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