Which architect designed the Fondation Louis Vuitton building?

The Fondation Louis Vuitton building was designed by architect Frank Gehry.

Gehry developed the Paris building after Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH, invited him to create a new cultural venue near the Jardin d’Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne. The project was first presented publicly in 2006, and construction began after the city granted a building permit in 2007.

The design is often described as a glass ship or glass cloud. Twelve large glass sails surround an inner group of white concrete volumes, creating the impression of a vessel moving through the landscape. Gehry drew inspiration from Parisian glass architecture, especially the Grand Palais and historic glass structures associated with the Jardin d’Acclimatation.

The museum opened in October 2014 and contains 11 galleries, an auditorium and roof terraces. More than 400 people contributed to its digital design and engineering model. The thousands of individually shaped glass and concrete panels make it unmistakably Gehry’s, rather than a project by other major architects such as Zaha Hadid or Norman Foster.