Louis Vuitton Skin: Architecture of Luxury (Tokyo Edition)

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About the Work

Embark on a journey through the impressive architecture of Louis Vuitton's global boutiques in Louis Vuitton Skin: Architecture of Luxury. Authored by Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Goldberger, this book takes readers on a captivating tour, examining the Maison's remarkable stores from São Paulo to Seoul. Louis Vuitton's approach is unique, commissioning custom-made buildings with distinct 'skins' that reflect their individual locations and elicit emotions. Just like the premium products they house, each store's façade is designed to provide a visually compelling experience. This book spotlights stores with vastly different designs, underscoring the brand's innovative reconsideration of brand identity. There are six available covers, each showcasing one of Louis Vuitton's most architecturally striking stores around the globe: Beijing, Paris, Seoul, New York City, Tokyo, and Singapore.

About the Author

Currently serving as a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, Paul Goldberger, lauded by the Huffington Post as "the leading figure in architecture criticism," has an illustrious career in architectural critique. From 1997 to 2011, he held the position of architecture critic for The New Yorker. He also occupies the Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at the New School in New York City, having previously been the dean of the Parsons School of Design. Goldberger kick-started his career at The New York Times, where his architectural criticism won him the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism in 1984 – the highest honor in American journalism. He has authored several books, such as Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and Why Architecture Matters. Moreover, he has acted as a special consultant and advisor on architectural and planning matters to major cultural and educational institutions like the Morgan Library Museum in New York, the New York Public Library, and Harvard University.

"None of Louis Vuitton’s stores are designed to fit into the urban context in any conventional way... They are buildings designed to have the same appeal as the Maison’s products, elevated to civic scale."

Paul Goldberger