The Louis Vuitton Foundation has been a center of art and culture in Paris since it opened in 2014. Funded by the luxury goods powerhouse LVMH Moët Hennessy–Louis Vuitton, the building, a museum and cultural center was designed by noted architect and king of amorphous design, Frank Gehry, and incorporates locally quarried French limestone throughout the design. Gehry conceived the building’s soaring inspiring architecture during a series of conversations with Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of the French luxury-goods conglomerate.

From the public-at-large to building and design industry professionals, many have marveled at the progressive and forward-thinking final result. The building is striking and original, with a low-profile design that disguises its 126,000 square feet of art space. The building resembles a giant sailboat, which appears as if in motion, as a result of a series of angled and overlapping monumental glass “sails” that seemingly wave in the breeze.