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Jean Nouvel Architecture Book

Thames & Hudson publication about this major French Architect

Jean Nouvel Books

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Jean Nouvel

Architecture Books

Edited by Conway Lloyd Morgan
Price at time of writing: £11.96
Date: 1998
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Pages: 238 pp
Type: paperback

Jean Nouvel

Brief Review:

Since his Institut du Monde Arabe opened in Paris in 1987, French architect Jean Nouvel has designed many significant buildings throughout Europe. This volume features 25 built and forthcoming projects, including the Concert Hall in Lucerne, in text and colour illustrations”.

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Key Jean Nouvel Building

Galeries Lafayette, Berlin, Germany
1996
Galeries Lafayette
photo © Adrian Welch
Galeries Lafayette

Jean Nouvel Architect

Jean Nouvel (French, born 1945) is a French architect. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l’Architecture. He has obtained a number of prestigious distinctions over the course of his career, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (technically, the prize was awarded for the Institut du Monde Arabe which Nouvel designed), the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2005 and the Pritzker Prize in 2008. A number of museums and architectural centres have presented retrospectives of his work.
source: wikipedia

Jean Nouvel Architect

Key Projects by Jean Nouvel

Featured Buildings, alphabetical:

Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum Building, UAE
Date built: 2016
Louvre Abu Dhabi
image courtesy of Gaston Bergeret
Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum Building

Agbar Tower, Barcelona, Spain
Date built: 2004
Agbar Tower
image © Jean Nouvel ; photograph: Philippe Ruault
Spanish tower : 142m high skyscraper, third highest in Barcelona in 2005.

DR Byen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Date built: 2007
DR Byen
photo : dragoer luftfoto
DR Byen

Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
Dates built: 1991-95
Design with Emanuel Cattani et Associés
Fondation Cartier Paris
image © Jean Nouvel ; photograph: Philippe Ruault
Fondation Cartier Paris

MoMA Extension + Hotel + Apartments – Tower, Manhattan, USA
2007-
MoMA New York tower
image from Jean Nouvel Architects
MoMA New York tower : 75 storeys

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