Salt panels made using "only sun and wind" used to clad interior of Frank Gehry's Arles tower
Natural materials produced from local salt, sunflowers and algae have been used on the interior of Frank Gehry's tower for Luma Foundation in Arles to lower its carbon footprint.
Lift lobbies have been clad in thousands of salt panels produced in the ancient salt flats in the nearby Camargue nature reserve.
The exterior of Frank Gehry's tower for Luma Arles is clad in stainless steel. Photo is by Iwan Baan
Algae from the Camargue, which is the delta of the river Rhône, have been used to pr
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