Louis Vuitton Fifth Avenue (New York, NY) : General view, from across street on Fifth Ave, showing the west (left) and south (right) elevations
- Creator:
- Aoki, Jun, 1956-
TPG Architecture [The Phillips Group], American architectural firm, founded 1979 - Published/Created:
- 1 East 57th Street, corner with Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, United States
2002-2004 - Date Depicted:
- ca. 1990's
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- laminated glass
- Notes:
- Louis Vuitton's 20,000 square foot store in Manhattan is built in the New York Trust Company building, most recently occupied by Warner Brothers. The transformation of the building's exterior from 1930 art deco into contemporary luxury was designed by Jun Aoki, the Japanese architect responsible for Louis Vuitton's retail appearance in Japan. Aoki describes his glass façade as "a playfully sleek meditation on crystalline transparency and clouded translucency." The white milkiness created by a ceramic coating on the inner surface of the glass extends into the window openings, where a white checkerboard pattern creates a gradual transition from opacity to transparency - a similar effect to that used in most modern cars where black dots printed on the glass are used to suggest that the windows are larger than the metal frames behind them. In the Louis Vuitton store the transition is intriguingly effective, both during the day and at dusk.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Modern
Modernist - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-TPG-LV-A3
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
commercial buildings: stores (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; business, commerce and trade; contemporary (1960 to present) construction buildings; commercial buildings; stores; department stores
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Two
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
ca. 1990's - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10166536
- PID:
- digcoll:1794828