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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
Edited by Conway Lloyd Morgan
Price at time of writing: £11.96
Date: 1998
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Pages: 238 pp
Type: paperback
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
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
Key Projects by Jean Nouvel
Featured Buildings, alphabetical:
Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum Building, UAE
Date built: 2016
image courtesy of Gaston Bergeret
Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum Building
Agbar Tower, Barcelona, Spain
Date built: 2004
image © Jean Nouvel ; photograph: Philippe Ruault
Spanish tower : 142m high skyscraper, third highest in Barcelona in 2005.
DR Byen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Date built: 2007
photo : dragoer luftfoto
DR Byen
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
Dates built: 1991-95
Design with Emanuel Cattani et Associés
image © Jean Nouvel ; photograph: Philippe Ruault
Fondation Cartier Paris
MoMA Extension + Hotel + Apartments – Tower, Manhattan, USA
2007-
image from Jean Nouvel Architects
MoMA New York tower : 75 storeys
Architecture Books
Contemporary Architecture Books
Understanding Architecture Book by Akheel Khan
image courtesy of author / publisher
Understanding Architecture Book
The first book in the What is Architecture? series, Understanding Architecture is a unique insight into the meaning, heritage, and purpose of this ancient craft.
Wellbeing in Interiors Book by RIBA Publishing
photo courtesy of RIBA Publishing
Wellbeing in Interiors
The result of over a decade of research, funnelled into a book that is both a philosophical guide and a practical reference for interior designers, architects and sustainability specialists.
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