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"Rising from the skyline of Arles, the tower appears like a futuristic
structure from a Marvel movie with nearly 11,000 stainless steel panels
gleaming in the Provençal sun.
Here, at what was once the centre of the Roman empire in France, this twisting
structure is the 92-year-old architect Frank Gehry’s tribute to Arles’ most
famous residents: the Romans and the artist Vincent van Gogh.
The tower, with its glittering facade meant to evoke Van Gogh’s painting Starry
Night, will be the literal high point of a new “creative campus” called Luma
Arles, a multidisciplinary art and culture complex sprawling over 27 acres at
the Parc des Atéliers, the site of former railway workshops."
Via Glyn Moody, who wrote "looks fab".
One photo appears to show slides for a rapid and entertaining descent!
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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