Louis Vuitton Foundation

File / Documentation

Name

284899_sv.jpg

Size

2.66 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

c31b23c4e51b8f72007f5cdd9623722b

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 glass enclosure: the open spaces between the 19 volumes of the "iceberg" are enclosed by partitions made of panes of flat glass slotted into aluminum nodes that are precision CNC-machined to fit the complex surfaces involved, 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