Institute du Monde Arab Architects, Modern Paris Building, Photos, Jean Nouvel Architecture

Arab Du Monde Institute, Paris

Development in Saint-Bernard, France by Architecture-Studio + Jean Nouvel Architects

23 Oct 2011

Arab du Monde lnstitute

Date built: 1988

Jean Nouvel Architect / Architecture-Studio

photo © Jean Nouvel ; photograph: Georges Fessy

lnstitut du Monde Arabe / Arab du Monde lnstitute
Location: 1 Rue des Fossés, Paris V
Saint-Bernard
Dates built: 1987-88
Architecture-Studio (M.Robain, R. Tisnado, JF. Bonne, JF. Galmiche) and J. Nouvel, G.Lezenes, P. Soria

Photographs © Adrian Welch, taken on 20 – 23 Oct 2011

One of the strongest buildings of President Mitterrand´s “Les Grands Projects”

Famous for its arabic-inspired fenestration where small oculi open & contract to allow varying levels of light in.

The Institut du monde arabe was a result of one of the first Grands Projet architecture competitions. Much of the building is quite dark inside, with some rather leftover spaces, especially in the Lower level. The overall massing and clever orignailty of the architecture however make it a Paris building well worth visiting.

Older photos:

photos © Adrian Welch

Contact Arab du Monde lnstitute: +33 1 40.51.38.38

Institut du monde arabe architect : Architecture-Studio

Arab du Monde lnstitute Architect – Jean Nouvel

Arab du Monde lnstitute Exhibition

Mobile Art Pavilion & ‘Zaha Hadid, Une Architecture’

photograph : Virgile Simon Bertrand
Exhibition 29 Apr – 30 Oct 2011
Mobile Art Pavilion donated by CHANEL to the Institut du Monde Arabe