Louis Vuitton's flagship Osaka store covered in curving glass sails

The facade of Louis Vuitton's store in Osaka, designed by architects Jun Aoki & Associates and Peter Marino, is based on the sails of old Japanese merchant ships
The Louis Vuitton Maison Osaka Midosuji stands on the busy shopping street of Shinsaibashi-suji.Japanese architecture firm Jun Aoki & Associates and New York architecture studio Peter Marino collaborated to design the shop.
It's facade based the translucent sails of the shop's facade a traditional Higaki-Kaisen cargo ship, in re