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Iwan Baan photographs Frank Gehry’s Luma Arles tower

June 30, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Iwan Baan photographs Frank Gehry' Luma Arles tower

Architectural photographer Iwan Baan has captured The Tower and its interiors, which was designed by architect Frank Gehry as the centrepiece of the Luma Arles cultural district. Baan’s photos show the distinctive tower rising above the surrounding buildings on the recently opened Luma Arles arts campus in the town of Arles, France. Clad in 11,000 irregularly arranged

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“I respond to every fucking detail of the time we’re in” says Frank Gehry

June 29, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0
Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry’s new tower in Arles fits with both the ancient Roman city and today’s environmental agenda, the architect claimed in an exclusive interview with Dezeen. Speaking to Dezeen in Arles last week the Pritzker Prize-winner said The Tower, which has a steel-and-concrete frame and a glazed drum at its base, responds to current concerns

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Frank Gehry unveils stainless steel-clad tower for Luma Arles arts centre

June 25, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Luma Arles arts tower by Frank Gehry

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has revealed a tower for the Luma Arles arts centre in southern France ahead of its public opening tomorrow. Named The Tower, the stainless steel-clad cultural building is the centrepiece of the Luma Arles arts centre in the city of Arles. According to Gehry, the design references Arles’ Roman architecture, nearby mountains and

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“Neighbors got really pissed off” by Frank Gehry’s Santa Monica home, architect reveals

June 15, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0
Frank Gehry

Architect Frank Gehry has explained how his seminal 1978 home in Santa Monica caused a stir in an exclusive interview with PIN-UP magazine to mark the publication’s 30th issue. “The neighbors got really pissed off,” Gehry said of the project that helped catapult him to fame. “The neighbor two doors south of me was a

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Frank Gehry unveils renovation and extension of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

May 6, 2021 India Block 0
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has designed new galleries and public spaces as part of a revamp of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania. The museum’s new spaces will open to the public tomorrow on 7 May 2021 after a four-year-long renovation. Called the Core Project, the renovation and extension encompassed 90,000-square-feet (8,360

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Frank Gehry’s twisted Luma Arles tower set to open in June

March 15, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Frank Gehry's twisted Luma Arles tower set to open in June

The aluminium-clad Luma Arles arts tower designed by Frank Gehry to evoke Van Gogh’s Starry Night painting is nearing completion on the southern coast of France. The Luma Foundation has released the latest set of images of the Luma Arles arts centre in the city of Arles ahead of its opening on 26 June 2021. At

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