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an aerial view of the louis vuitton building at night

louis vuitton has opened the largest of its flagship stores in japan with a facade by architect jun aoki and interiors by new york designer peter marino.

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Planning a trip to Paris? After originally being planned for 2012, the €100 million LVMH Museum designed by Frank Gehry will open in spring 2014. The museum will "promote emerging scenes and young artists," as well as house the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation. In other news, Madrid takes back city streets for pedestrians, and would you hire a "flight nanny?" See the headlines after the jump.

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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…

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