Frank Gehry’s Luma Arles tower to open in south of France

Building is architect's tribute to Arles' most famous residents: the Romans and Vincent Van Gogh

Rising from the skyline of Arles, the tower appears like a futuristic structure from a Marvel movie with nearly 11,000 stainless steel panels gleaming in the Provencal sun.

Here, at what was once the centre of the Roman empire in France, this twisting structure is the 92-year-old architect Frank Gehry's tribute to Arles' most famous residents: the Romans and the artist Vincent Van Gogh.