English STRUCTURAL & SECURITY TROSIFOL FONDATION LOUIS VUITTONFONDATION LOUIS VUITTON Built at the behest of Bernard Arnault, a French businessman, art col- lector and chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LVMH, the building expands outwards from a central area into various galleries, referred to as chapels, with the whole structure covered by sails of white glass, inspired by the glass architecture of the end of the 19th century. Designed by American architect Frank Gehry, the LVMH group created the Fondation Louis Vuitton to promote and support contemporary ar- tistic creation for a wide French and international audience. It offers some 7,000 m 2 of usable floor space, comprising 3,850 m 2 of museum space, 11 exhibition galleries and a 360 to 1,000 seat auditorium. In total the

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