Frank Gehry’s Luma project takes shape in Arles

Luma Arles, the 20-acre cultural campus springing up in the southern French town of Arles, is taking shape with its centrepiece structurea 58-metre high, arts resource centre designed by Frank Gehryunder construction.
 
The ambitious cultural project is driven by the Swiss pharmaceutical heiress and contemporary art collector Maja Hoffmann, whose Luma Foundation is providing around 100m in funding for the campus project. 
Gehrys 9,000 sq. m stainless steel building, whi