The building of the Louis Vuitton was constructed in 2006. It is an art museum and cultural center funded by the group LVMH and its subsidiaries. It is run as a legally distinct, nonprofit body as part of LVMH's promotion of art and culture.
The building was developed by the architect Frank Gehry, and is alongside to the Jardin d'Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne of the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
The building structure consist of 11 galleries of different sizes (in total 41,441 square feet) a voluminous 350-seat auditorium on the lower-ground floor and multilevel roof terraces for events and art installations
The glass building takes the form of a sailboat's sails inflated by the wind. These glass sails envelop the "iceberg", a series of shapes with white, flowery terraces.
