A Parisian avenue lined with autumn trees leads toward the curved glass sail canopy of the Fondation Louis Vuitton in the Bois de Boulogne, with parked cars and vans along both kerbs under a partly cloudy blue sky.

Fondation Louis Vuitton Through the Bois de Boulogne

4 October 2017 · Paris

A tree-lined avenue in the Bois de Boulogne frames the Fondation Louis Vuitton at the end of the road — Frank Gehry's sail-like glass canopy catching the autumn light between the canopy. The building announces itself quietly here, glimpsed rather than confronted, with parked vans and everyday street life filling the foreground. The architecture is monumental in scale; the approach is entirely ordinary, and that contrast is the point.

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