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Foundation Louis Vuitton - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) BOIS DE BOULOGNE PARK. THE LOUIS VUITTON FOUNDATION, WHICH WILL HOUSE A PERMANENT COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS, WILL OPEN ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC OCTOBER 27TH 2014 (PRECEDED BY THREE OPEN FREE DAYS WITH RESERVATION ON FRIDAY 24, SATURDAY 25 AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26). THIS FUTURE LANDMARK IN PARIS IS SIGNED BY THE FAMOUS DESIGNER FRANK GEHRY. AT THE REQUEST OF BERNARD ARNAULT (LVMH BOSS, FRENCH FIRST FORTUNE AND WORLD TENTH), THE ARCHITECT DESIGNED A "ICEBERG" LANDED ON THE WATER, WRAPPED IN TWELVE HUGE GLASS WALLS THAT SEEM INFLATED BY THE WIND AND PLAY WITH THE LIGHT AND THE SKY. 40 METERS HIGH, THE BUILDING OF 11,000 M2 IS A GREAT TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT THAT DISRUPTS THE PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE : NOT LESS THAN THIRTY PATENTS WERE FILED, A RECORD. EARLY IN THE PROJECT, LVMH ANNOUNCED AN INVESTMENT OF 100 MILLION EUROS, BUT TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION DELAYS - DUE MAINLY TO THE ACTION OF RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATIONS - HAVE ADDED TO THE FINAL AMOUNT, KEPT SE

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Foundation Louis Vuitton - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) BOIS DE BOULOGNE PARK. THE LOUIS VUITTON FOUNDATION, WHICH WILL HOUSE A PERMANENT COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS, WILL OPEN ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC OCTOBER 27TH 2014 (PRECEDED BY THREE OPEN FREE DAYS WITH RESERVATION ON FRIDAY 24, SATURDAY 25 AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26). THIS FUTURE LANDMARK IN PARIS IS SIGNED BY THE FAMOUS DESIGNER FRANK GEHRY. AT THE REQUEST OF BERNARD ARNAULT (LVMH BOSS, FRENCH FIRST FORTUNE AND WORLD TENTH), THE ARCHITECT DESIGNED A "ICEBERG" LANDED ON THE WATER, WRAPPED IN TWELVE HUGE GLASS WALLS THAT SEEM INFLATED BY THE WIND AND PLAY WITH THE LIGHT AND THE SKY. 40 METERS HIGH, THE BUILDING OF 11,000 M2 IS A GREAT TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT THAT DISRUPTS THE PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE : NOT LESS THAN THIRTY PATENTS WERE FILED, A RECORD. EARLY IN THE PROJECT, LVMH ANNOUNCED AN INVESTMENT OF 100 MILLION EUROS, BUT TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION DELAYS - DUE MAINLY TO THE ACTION OF RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATIONS - HAVE ADDED TO THE FINAL AMOUNT, KEPT SE

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Illustration - Guggenheim Museum - Spain

SPAIN, BISCAY, BASQUE COUNTRY, BILBAO, GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART IN BILBAO IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY (ARCHITECT: FRANK GEHRY) AND ITS TITANIUM WALLS WITH FUTURISTIC REFLECTIONS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1997 Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Guggenheim Museum - Spain

SPAIN, BISCAY, BASQUE COUNTRY, BILBAO, GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART LOCATED IN BILBAO IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY, DESIGNED BY AMERICAN ARCHITECT FRANK GEHRY, OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1997), ITS TITANIUM WALLS WITH FUTURISTIC REFLECTIONS ARE EMBLEMATIC. HERE IN FRONT OF THE MUSEUM A SCULPTURE BY ANISH KAPPOR, "BIG TREE AND THE EYE, TALL TREE & THE EYE, 2009" Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE - AUDE (11) VILLEROUGE-TERMENES CASTEL. SOUTH WINDOW OF THE DONJON TOWER. IN THE THICKNESS OF THE WALLS, SIDE BENCHES WERE ARRANGED. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE NORTH, AT SUNSET. IN THE FOREGROUND, THE FRENCH GARDENS, RESTORED IN SPRING 2018. LEFT, THE COSSON RIVER. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE NATIONAL ESTATE OF CHAMBORD, THE LARGEST CLOSED FOREST PARK IN EUROPE WITH 5441 HECTARES AND 32 KM OF CLOSED WALLS (THE LONGEST IN FRANCE). WITH ITS 77 STAIRCASES, ITS 156 METERS OF FACADE, ITS 282 CHIMNEYS, ITS 426 ROOMS, AND ITS 800 CARVED CAPITALS, IT IS THE LARGEST CHATEAU OF THE LOIRE VALLEY. THE FIRST STONE WAS LAID BY FRANCOIS 1ST IN 1519: 2019 MARKS THE FIFTH CENTENARY OF THE CASTLE. ON BACKGROUND RIGHT, THE SMALL VILLAGE OF CHAMBORD. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE NORTH, AT SUNSET. IN THE FOREGROUND, THE FRENCH GARDENS, RESTORED IN SPRING 2018. LEFT, THE COSSON RIVER. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE NATIONAL ESTATE OF CHAMBORD, THE LARGEST CLOSED FOREST PARK IN EUROPE WITH 5441 HECTARES AND 32 KM OF CLOSED WALLS (THE LONGEST IN FRANCE). WITH ITS 77 STAIRCASES, ITS 156 METERS OF FACADE, ITS 282 CHIMNEYS, ITS 426 ROOMS, AND ITS 800 CARVED CAPITALS, IT IS THE LARGEST CHATEAU OF THE LOIRE VALLEY. THE FIRST STONE WAS LAID BY FRANCOIS 1ST IN 1519: 2019 MARKS THE FIFTH CENTENARY OF THE CASTLE. ON BACKGROUND RIGHT, THE SMALL VILLAGE OF CHAMBORD. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE<. ALSACE. HAUT RHIN (68) AERIAL VIEW OF THE VILLAGE OF RIQUEWIHR: ON THE RIGHT, THE DOLDER: AN EMBLEMATIC MONUMENT, PART BELFRY, PART WATCHTOWER AND PART UPPER GATEWAY TO THE TOWN, 25 M HIGH. SURROUNDED BY RAMPARTS, THE VILLAGE HAS MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED ALL THE WARS AND DESTRUCTION. THE ALLEYS, WALLS AND OLD HOUSES HAVE RETAINED VIRTUALLY INTACT THEIR 16TH-CENTURY SPLENDOUR. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ISRAEL-NETANYA-VERTICAL FARM

(221004) -- NETANYA, Oct. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Oct. 3, 2022 shows a portable "vertical farm" besides a supermarket in Netanya, Israel. Many portable "vertical farms" were installed by an Israeli agriculture tech company at various indoor and outdoor spaces nationwide. In such "farms," vegetables can grow vertically on the walls of its containers, helping increase efficiency. (Xinhua/Wang Zhuolun)

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ISRAEL-NETANYA-VERTICAL FARM

(221004) -- NETANYA, Oct. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member works at a portable "vertical farm" besides a supermarket in Netanya, Israel, Oct. 3, 2022. Many portable "vertical farms" were installed by an Israeli agriculture tech company at various indoor and outdoor spaces nationwide. In such "farms," vegetables can grow vertically on the walls of its containers, helping increase efficiency. (Xinhua/Wang Zhuolun)