Louis Vuitton Skin: The Architecture of Luxury (Tokyo Edition)

Discover the stunning architecture of Louis Vuitton's stores worldwide in Louis Vuitton Skin: Architecture of Luxury. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Goldberger takes readers on an exhilarating journey, exploring the Maison's distinct locations from São Paulo to Seoul. Rather than adhering to a single design, Louis Vuitton's unique approach involves commissioning bespoke buildings with individual skins that evoke emotions and relate to their specific location. Each store's exterior is designed to offer the same appeal as the high-quality products within it, with a focus on creating a powerful visual experience. The book features stores with dramatically different expressions, highlighting the brand's radical rethinking of brand identity. Six different covers are available, each featuring one of Louis Vuitton's most architecturally distinctive stores worldwide: Beijing, Paris, Seoul, New York City, Tokyo, and Singapore.

372 pages
245 illustrations
English language
Released in April 2023
W 30.5 x L 38.8 x D 4.2 cm
Silk Hardcover
ISBN: 9781649802798
kg

Paul Goldberger, whom the Huffington Post has called “the leading figure in architecture criticism,” is currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. From 1997 through 2011, he served as the architecture critic for The New Yorker. He also holds the Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at the New School in New York City, where he was formerly dean of the Parsons School of Design. He began his career at The New York Times, where in 1984 his architecture criticism was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism, the highest award in American journalism. Goldberger is also the author of several books, including Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry, Christo and Jeanne-Claude and Why Architecture Matters. In addition, he has served as a special consultant and adviser on architecture and planning matters to several major cultural and educational institutions, such as the Morgan Library Museum in New York, the New York Public Library and Harvard University.

9 LIBRI DA LEGGERE, SFOGLIARE E COLLEZIONARE A MAGGIO; By Silvia Airoldi, Harper's Bazaar Online (Italy), April 2023

ASSOULINE UNVEILS NEW BOOKS ON LOUIS VUITTON’S STORE DESIGNS, Khamsa Online (UAE), April 2023

LOUIS VUITTON INTRODUCES LOUIS VUITTON SKIN: THE ARCHITECTURE OF LUXURY, A BOOK ABOUT THE MAISON'S WORLD'S MOST ARCHITECTURALLY PROMINENT STORES, Story Web Online (Japan), April 2023

Seis libros de lujo con los que elevarás la decoración de tu salón; By SILVIA LÓPEZ, Mujerhoy Online (Spain), April 2023

Louis Vuitton and author Paul Goldberger take readers behind the scenes of some of the brand's most stunning flagship stores, Acquire Online (USA), April 2023

Louis Vuitton, la maison de luxe qui investit dans l'architecture; By Anouk Sarfati, Architectural Digest Online (France), April 2023

LOUIS VUITTON EXPLORES THE ARCHITECTURE OF LUXURY IN ITS NEW BOOK, ‘SKIN'; By Sofia De La Cruz, Hypebae Online (USA), April 2023

New Louis Vuitton 'Skin' Book Explores the Maison's Architectural Expertise; By Dylan Kelly, Hypebae Online (USA), April 2023