Clouds of Architecture

Abstract

According to newspaper articles, the recent unveiling of Frank Gehry's design for the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation to be built in the Jardin d'Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne left observers struggling for a suitable metaphor. However, as The Guardian reported it, the architect himself seemed in no doubt: ‘“It's a cloud of glass magical, ephemeral, all transparent,” [Gehry] said. It was, he added, “not stodgy.”’