Fondation Louis Vuitton - Exterior/Entrance

Fashioned like a set of iceberg with sails protruding outward and upward, the Fondation Louis Vuitton is a creation of breath and light. The building rests on a reflecting pool into which pours a waterfall. Its sculptural volumes ( icebergs ) are wrapped in glass veils floating above terraced gardens and rise majestically through the dense foliage of the Bois de Boulogne. The museum itself is a complex structure overpowered by glass sails and constructed mainly of Ductal, an ultra-high-performance concrete. Gehry says the glass structure echoes 19th-century glass garden buildings but it also reveals his obsession with maritime imagery.