Arts Resource Centre by Frank Gehry - a photo on Flickriver

            This twisting tower clad in reflective aluminum tiles was designed by architect Frank Gehry.  I love this building, called Arts Resource Center, like almost everything that Frank Gehry does. It was not fully finished yet when I took this picture.

It is part of the LUMA Arles experimental cultural complex also called the Parc des Atelier, an arts center established by Swiss collector Maja Hoffmann and dedicated to providing artists with  opportunities to experiment in the production of new work through interdisciplinary  collaboration.

"Due to be 56 meters high when complete, the tower is formed of a concrete core with a steel frame. Glass boxes and shining aluminum panels are stacked around this in an irregular formation above a circular glass atrium.

Gehry's design for the façade is supposed to echo the craggy rock formations found near the city, the same kind that inspired sometime-resident Vincent van Gogh to paint them in 1888.

Inside, a vast circular atrium will recall the Roman amphitheater in Arles, part of the city's designated UNESCO World Heritage site.

American architecture critic Frank Miller described Gehry's design as a "stainless-steel tornado", although some locals have reportedly dismissed it as resembling a crumpled drinks can."

Arles, Provence.
France, 2019

Taken in: France / Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur / Arles / Arles (show map)

Taken on: September 29, 2019

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Sets appears in: • Abstract or Geometric • Arles, Provence 2019

Groups appears in: • Windows Doors and Balconies • doors and windows around the world more » • The World of Architecture • Geometrie, Geometry • Toward the sky... 1 Post / 3 Awards • Architecture/Cityscape Art • architecture pro • Of stones and rocks « less

Camera: Sony ILCE-6000, f/9.0, 1/1250 sec, 18mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-6000
Lens:	E 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS LE
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length:	18mm
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	-0.7 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.0 (Windows)
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