Artist James Turrell has been building Skyspaces all over the world since 1974. Each one contains a chamber with an opening to view the sky. Built into the YSP hillside, Deer Shelter Skyspace uses clever lighting to concentrate the colours of the sky, particularly at sunrise and sunset. 🔗 ysp.org.uk/art-outdoors/deer-shelter-skyspace James Turrell, Deer Shelter Skyspace, 2006. Courtesy of Artfund and the artist 📹️ courtesy of YSP | Yorkshire Sculpture Park

For nearly 50 years, James Turrell has been working on a sky observatory nestled in a 400,000-year-old extinct volcano in northern Arizona. Acquired by the American artist in 1977, the Roden Crater and the surrounding site have been transformed over the course of this ambitious project, which features luminous tunnels and galleries that open to the sky and are bathed in light. About 20 underground spaces are woven into the architecture of this exceptional domain, drawing inspiration from the May