Who says a temporary space needs to look undone?
Being temporary in the world of luxury is still quite nice.
A new store by Louis Vuitton is opening near a stretch of Manhattan also known as Billionaires’ Row. It’s built to last for only a couple of years while the company renovates its flagship across the street.
Customers are greeted with a towering installation in the store’s atrium, designed by Shohei Shigematsu, an architect at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture firm. Four sculptural pillars of stacked Louis Vuitton trunks climb toward the roughly 50-foot ceiling, reminiscent of a game of Tetris.
“Stepping into a Louis Vuitton store is about embarking on a journey,”
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