Herzog & de Meuron's Dominus Winery photographed 20 years after completion
These photographs taken by Yueqi "Jazzy" Li capture the "mesmerising" dappled light inside Herzog & de Meuron's Dominus Winery.
Jazzy Li's series documents the interiors and exteriors of the Napa winery, which was completed by Herzog & de Meuron in 1997, marking its first project in the United States.
"The Dominus Winery is still a seminal building not only in the typology of winery architecture but also contemporary building culture in general," Li told Dezeen.
"I visited the famed building and estate to experience Herzog & de Meuron's first ever building in America and document how it has weathered in the test of time."
"The space surprisingly does not feel dated at all," he added. "Instead it offers an ambiance that is edgy, utilitarian, and seriously cool." Christian Moueix, son of famed wine merchant Jean-Pierre Moueix founded the 103-acre (42-hectare) Dominus Estate as a vineyard specialising in French wines in 1982.
Situated on the site several hundred feet away from the main road, Herzog & de Meuron's winery was designed to be minimal and unimposing.
The long, low-lying monolithic structure's most prominent feature is its gabion walls, which are constructed from locally sourced stones of various sizes. The stacked rocks covered in metal caging filter natural light into the interior and also provide temperature control, essential to the wine-making process.
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