Louis Vuitton Foundation

File / Documentation

Name

284903_sv.jpg

Size

3.19 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

c4ea05d164b9554897a393659979a0fb

Creator(s)

Architect: Frank Owen Gehry (American, 1929-)

Time period

creation date: 2008-2014

Location

Site: Paris (Île-de-France, France)

Cultural context

French

Description

general view, model of the support structure: the support structure for the glass sails comprises a network of steel and glue-laminated larch timber beams, each of them different. The dialogue between steel and a natural material in the support structure represents a substantial achievement in both technological and aesthetic terms., 2017

8 Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, 75116 Paris, France

Work type

Art museum, Cultural center

Medium

glass (material)

steel

Keywords

Art museums

Cultural centers (buildings)

Architecture, Modern --21st century

Architecture --France

Type