A building completed in 2009 but possibly not familiar to a British public is José Juan Barba's Centre for the Interpretation of Rivers in Benavente, Spain. A project with a rich level of metaphor, the design has a clarity in its use of materials, some internally that are slight in relation to the change of concrete from wall to roof, and externally with exposed concrete beautifully juxtataposed by copper cladding. The simple moves in the play of light are well controlled and by all accounts make for wonderful internal spaces.
available @ José Juan Barba
