2024-05-02T00:23:55-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150254731/luma-arles-art-complex-featuring-a-shiny-new-frank-gehry-tower-to-open-in-june Alexander Walter 2021-03-12T17:21:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/11/1128e55488df6961f9e13fe04f059b2f.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/gehry" target="_blank">Frank Gehry</a>'s team is wrapping up another high-profile project this year: after the $1-billion mixed-use development <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150254590/watch-frank-gehry-s-megaproject-the-grand-top-out-in-los-angeles" target="_blank">The Grand topped out</a> in Downtown Los Angeles this week (aiming for completion in late 2021), the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/431550/luma-arles-campus" target="_blank">LUMA Arles art complex</a> in the south of France just announced its intention to open on June 26 (government-issued Covid-19 guidelines permitting).<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ac/ac75b8f53ec26572a548a1243aa203a7.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ac/ac75b8f53ec26572a548a1243aa203a7.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>The tower in January 2021. &copy; Adrian Deweerdt</figcaption></figure><p>Construction on the Gehry-designed tower, the centerpiece of the 27-acre campus at the Parc des Ateliers in the city of Arles, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/97566137/frank-gehry-s-luma-arles-campus-is-happening-after-all" target="_blank">began in 2014</a>. The 15,000 sqm / 161,500 sqft high-rise, finished with 11,000 stainless steel panels, will house exhibition galleries, project spaces, research and archive facilities, an auditorium, and a cafe, alongside workshop and seminar rooms. <br></p> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMUrpUUKXNG/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> View this post on Instagram </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMUrpUUKXNG/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Luma Arles (@luma_arles)</a><br><p>"We wanted to evoke the local, from Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' to the soaring rock clusters you find in the region," Frank Gehry ...</p>