Jun Aoki references translucent dress for colour-shifting Louis Vuitton flagship

Japanese studio Jun Aoki & Associates has unveiled the Maison Louis Vuitton Sanlitun in Beijing, with a translucent and fluid form that is "simultaneously a rock and a dress".

Located within the Sanlitun shopping district in the heart of China's capital city, the facade of the four-storey building has a fluid form and is clad in dichroic mirrors.

It was designed in reference to a dress designed by Nicolas Ghesquière, artistic director of Louis Vuitton's women's collections, and...