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Frank Gehry’s twisting Luma Arles tower nears completion in France

March 5, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Frank Gehry's tower at Luma Arles in France photographed by Atelier Vincent Hecht

Scaly aluminium cladding and projecting glass boxes wrap around Frank Gehry’s Luma Arles tower, which is nearing completion in the south of France. Revealed in new photos by Atelier Vincent Hecht, the twisting tower in the city of Arles has reached its full height of 56 metres ahead of its opening in spring. The structure

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Frank Gehry’s twisting Luma Arles tower nears completion in France

March 5, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Frank Gehry's tower at Luma Arles in France photographed by Atelier Vincent Hecht

Scaly aluminium cladding and projecting glass boxes wrap around Frank Gehry’s Luma Arles tower, which is nearing completion in the south of France. Revealed in new photos by Atelier Vincent Hecht, the twisting tower in the city of Arles has reached its full height of 56 metres ahead of its opening in spring. The structure

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Frank Gehry crowns Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul with glass sails

November 25, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul by Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry has perched a stack of sweeping glass sails atop a cube of white stone for Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul, with interiors by architect Peter Marino. The roof is a reference to the curved roofs found in traditional Korean architecture, and a nod to the billowing forms of Gehry’s Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris.

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Frank Gehry restores entrance and vaulted corridor at Philadelphia Museum of Art

November 14, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Philadelphia Museum of Art phase one by Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry has completed work on the first stage in the major renovation of Philadelphia’s Museum of Art, over a decade after he was first enlisted to design the project. The museum opened a number of new elements to the public including the North Entrance – a street-level side entrance that was used when the

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SCI-Arc awards Frank Gehry honorary masters degree in architecture

October 2, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
SCI-Arc Frank Gehry graduation

Los Angeles university SCI-Arc has granted Frank Gehry an honorary masters degree in recognition of his “unparalleled” impact on architecture. The 90-year-old architect was awarded the masters of architecture degree at a graduation ceremony held at SCI-Arc’s campus in Los Angeles on 8 September. After receiving his masters diploma, Gehry gave a speech reflecting on

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