Fondation Louis Vuitton

This museum and cultural centre stands in a park on the edge of the city and opened in 2014.

Twelve great sails of curved glass, carried by timber and steel structures, wrap a cluster of white volumes clad in fibre-reinforced concrete panels, which the architect called the icebergs. The sails catch the light and the sky and give the building the look of a ship among the trees.

Beneath them, the icebergs hold galleries of various sizes and an auditorium, while terraces between the sails open onto views of the park and the city skyline.