Due to its strict building codes, and architectural pedigree, Paris is among the world’s most difficult places to successfully design modern architecture. Yet, leave it to the most lyrical of all starchitects, Frank Gehry, and his phenomenal Fondation Louis Vuitton, to accomplish such a feat. Completed in 2014, the vessel-shaped glass structure sits among the trees and lawns of Paris’s Bois de Boulogne. The building is filled with LVMH’s impressive art collection, with works ranging from Kusama and Abramovi´c to Matisse and Giacometti spread throughout the 126,000-square-foot, two-and-a-half-story space. For his inspiration, Gehry looked back to several great designs of the 19th century. “I’ve always loved the glass greenhouse buildings in French and British gardens. When we were confronted with a site in the Bois de Boulogne, glass seemed like the best way to add a structure to the beautiful garden,” says Gehry. “Of course, in a museum structure, you can’t hang paintings on glass, so we had to design a more enclosed building inside the glass exterior.” This play between solid and glass works to perfection within the verdant atmosphere of the Bois de Boulogne. It’s a structure that’s both whimsical and sturdy, much like the meandering paths and endless row of trees that surround it.
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/buildings-redefined-architecture-past-5-years
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