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{{Infobox Architect
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|name=Jean Nouvel
|nationality= [[French people|French]]
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1945|8|12}}
|birth_place= [[Fumel]], [[Lot-et-Garonne]], [[France]]
|significant_buildings=
[[Arab World Institute]]<br>
[[Guthrie Theater]]<br>
[[Torre Agbar]]<br>
[[Quai Branly Museum]]<br>
[[Culture and Convention Center|Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern]] (KKL)<br>
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (fr.wikipedia)<br>
[[Louvre Abu Dhabi]] (in progress)<br>
Tour de Verre (in progress)
|significant_projects=
|awards=[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]], [[Aga Khan Award for Architecture]] (Arab World Institute), [[Pritzker Prize]], [[Wolf Prize in Arts]]
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'''Jean Nouvel''' (born [[12 August]] [[1945]]) is a French [[architect]]. Nouvel 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.<ref name=AgaKhan>{{cite web|url=http://www.akdn.org/agency/akaa/fourthcycle/france.html|publisher=Aga Khan Development Network|title=Aga Khan Award for Architecture; The Fourth Award Cycle, 1987-1989|accessdate=2008-03-30}}</ref><ref name=Wolf>{{cite web|url=http://www.wolffund.org.il/full.asp?id=123|title=THE 2005 Wolf Foundation Prize in the Arts|accessdate=2008-03-30|publisher=Wolf Foundation}}</ref><ref name=Pritzker>{{cite news|work=[[New York Times]]|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/arts/design/31prit.html?hp|author=Robin Pogrebin|date=2008-03-30|accessdate=2008-03-30|title=French Architect Wins Pritzker Prize}}</ref><ref name=Pritzker-citation>{{cite web|url=http://www.pritzkerprize.com/full_new_site/nouvel/mediareleases/08_media_kit.pdf|title=Media Kit
announcing the 2008 Pritzker architecture Prize Laureate|publisher=The Hyatt Foundation|date=2008-03-31|accessdate=2008-03-31}}</ref> A number of museums and architectural centres have presented retrospectives of his work.<ref name=Pompidou/><ref name=StateofArt>{{cite journal|url=http://www.state-of-art.org/state-of-art/ISSUE%20EIGHT/ISSUE-8.html|journal=State of Art|number=8|date=Winter 2006|title=Not all Sweetness and Light at Quai Branly|author=Alain Adam}}</ref>

==Biography==
[[Image:France Paris Institut du Monde Arabe 01.jpg|thumb|left|[[Arab World Institute]], [[Paris]].]]
Cory was born in South Carolina. He enrolled Pickens School of Crap. [[Bordeaux]] in 1964 and, in 1966, joined the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts]] in [[Paris]]. From 1967 to 1970, Nouvel was an assistant to architects [[Claude Parent]] and [[Paul Virilio]]. He obtained his degree in 1972 and soon became the architect of the seventh edition of the [[Biennale de Paris]].<ref name=Pompidou/> Soon into his career, Nouvel became a key participant in intellectual debates about architecture in France: he co-founded the ''[[Mars 1976]]'' movement in 1976 and, a year later, the ''[[Syndicat de l'Architecture]]''. Nouvel was one of the organizers of the competition for the rejuvenation of the [[Les Halles]] district (1977) and he founded the first Paris architecture biennale in 1980.

[[Image:Barcelona Torre Agbar 01.jpg|thumb|220px|Completed in 2005, the [[Torre Agbar]] in Barcelona is one of Nouvel's most famous recent buildings.]]
In 1981, Nouvel won the competition for the [[Institut du monde arabe]] building in Paris, whose construction was completed in 1987 and brought Nouvel international fame. Lenses in its south wall can control interior lighting and are reminiscent of Arabic [[latticework]].<ref name=Pritzker-citation/> His winning design for the [[Tour Sans Fins]], proposed as Europe's tallest building in 1989, was to change ground up from granite, followed by aluminum, stainless steel and finally glass—"increasingly diaphanous before disappearing into the sky".<ref name=Pritzker-citation/>

Nouvel was awarded the [[Pritzker Prize]], architecture's highest honor, in 2008, for his work on more than 200 projects,<ref name=BBC /> among them, in the words of ''The New York Times'', the "exotically louvered" Arab World Institute, the bullet-shaped and "candy-colored" [[Torre Agbar]] in Barcelona, and the "muscular" [[Guthrie Theater]] with its cantilevered bridge in Minneapolis.<ref name=Pritzker /><ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title= Nouvel wins top architect's prize|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7322531.stm|date=[[March 31]], [[2008]]|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2008-03-31}}</ref> In its citation, the jury of the Pritzker prize noted:
<blockquote>Of the many phrases that might be used to describe the career of architect Jean Nouvel, foremost are those that emphasize his courageous pursuit of new ideas and his challenge of accepted norms in order to stretch the boundaries of the field. [...] The jury acknowledged the ‘persistence, imagination, exuberance, and, above all, an insatiable urge for creative experimentation’ as qualities abundant in Nouvel’s work.<ref name=Pritzker-citation/></blockquote>

==Projects==
Nouvel is a prolific architect and has designed a number of notable buildings across the world, the most significant of which are listed below. As part of the announcement of Nouvel's Pritzker Prize, the Hyatt Foundation, which awards the prize, published a full illustrated list of Nouvel's architectural work, including projects which were never built, projects in construction and designs for which construction has yet to start. <ref name=project-list>{{cite web|url=http://www.pritzkerprize.com/full_new_site/nouvel/mediareleases/08_project_list.pdf|title=Project List &mdash; 2000-2007 &mdash; Ateliers Jean Nouvel|publisher=The Hyatt Foundation|date=2008-03-31|accessdate=2008-03-31}}</ref><ref name=photo-booklet>{{cite web|url=http://www.pritzkerprize.com/full_new_site/nouvel/mediareleases/08_photo_kit.pdf|title=The Pritzker Architecture Prize 2008 Presented to Jean Nouvel|publisher=The Hyatt Foundation|date=2008-03-31|accessdate=2008-03-31}}</ref>

===Proposed===

* In February 2008, Nouvel agreed to design a rakish 45-story luxury condo tower in upscale Century City section of Los Angeles, California. The tower will be of modern design -- it is designed to maximize views of the Los Angeles Country Club from the units and is opposed by both homeowners associations in Beverly Hills for the shadows it will cast on many small homes and its next door neighbor, Beverly Hills High School. <ref>{{cite news|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-fi-century8feb08,1,3868993.story|title=New heights of luxury in Century City|date=2008-02-07|accessdate=2008-03-30}}</ref>
* In November 2006, Nouvel was tapped to build a new 75-story tower next to the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in Midtown Manhattan. The tower will house a hotel, luxury apartments and three floors (2nd, 4th, and 5th) will be used by MoMA to expand its exhibition space.<ref>{{cite news|title=Next to MoMA, Reaching for the Stars|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/arts/15arch.html|work=New York Times|date=2007-11-15|accessdate=2008-03-30}}</ref>
* In April 2007, Jean Nouvel associated with Marshall Day Acoustics Ltd won the competition to build a new Orchestra Hall (Philharmonie de Paris) in [[Paris]], close to [[Cité de la Musique]] (opening in 2012)<ref>{{cite news|title=Philharmonie de Paris (Paris Symphony Hall)|url=http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/philharmonieparis/|work=The Design Build Network|accessdate=2008-03-30}}</ref>
* The Centre for Sustainable Development in [[Le Havre]], France. The project includes the construction of a 120 m high tower on a former seaport area. The project is currently on hold because of an important increase in projected costs. <ref>{{cite news|work=[[Libération]]|title=La tour prend garde|url=http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/politiques/municipales2008/actu/309298.FR.php|date=2008-02-11|accessdate=2008-03-30|language=fr}}</ref>

===Under construction===
[[Image:Saadiyat Island Model Pict 3.jpg|thumb|220px|Model of the future [[Louvre Abu Dhabi]].]]
[[Image:Guthrie Theater-night-2007-03-12.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Guthrie Theater]], [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]].]]
[[Image:Musée du Quai branly.jpg|thumb|[[Musée du quai Branly]].|220px]]
[[Image:Gasometer-a-by viennaphoto at.jpg|thumb|[[Gasometer, Vienna|Gasometer]] in Vienna.|220px]]
[[Image:Konzertsaal luzern.jpg|thumb|[[Culture and Convention Center]], Lucerne, Switzerland.|220px]]
[[Image:Palais de justice (Nantes).JPG|thumb|Palais de Justice (Courthouse) of Nantes.|220px]]
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* In March 2007, the [[Louvre]] announced it would build a [[Louvre Abu Dhabi|Louvre branch]] in the emirate of [[Abu Dhabi]], on [[Saadiyat Island]]. Jean Nouvel was chosen as architect. The museum is expected to be completed by 2012. <ref>[http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/20071009.WWW000000436_le_louvre_abu_dhabi_verra_bien_le_jour.html Le "Louvre Abu Dhabi" verra bien le jour] ''[[Le Figaro]]'' October 9, 2007</ref>
* A 20-story condo tower built on a parking lot at 11th Avenue and 19th Street in New York City. The tower is next to the [[Venus (mural)]] (1970) by New York painter [[Knox Martin]] on the south side of [[Bayview Correctional Facility]] and will block the 10 story mural from view. (Expected completion in 2009) <ref> {{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/nyregion/thecity/11venu.html|work=New York Times|title=After a 37-Year Run, a Roadside Venus to Be Veiled|date=2007-02-11|accessdate=2008-03-30}}</ref>
* [[Copenhagen Concert Hall]] - [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] (Expected completion in 2008) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/Koncerthuset/inenglish/koncerthuset_1.htm|title=Copenhagen Concert Hall project description|publisher=[[Danmarks Radio]] website|accessdate=2008-03-30}}</ref>

===Completed===

* 2008 - 40 Mercer Street Residences - [[New York City]], [[United States|U.S.]]
* 2006 - [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]] – [[Guthrie Theater]] <ref>[http://www.guthrietheater.org Guthrie Theater website]</ref>
* 2006 - [[Paris]], [[France]] – [[Musée du quai Branly]]
* 2005 - [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] – [[Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía|Reina Sofía Museum]] expansion
* 2003 - [[Barcelona]], Spain – [[Torre Agbar]] (Office) <ref>{{Structurae|id=s0000429|title=Torre Agbar}}</ref>
* 2002 - [[Murten]], [[Switzerland]] – Monolith of [[Expo.02]] <ref>[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Monolith_by_nouvel_small.jpg Photo]</ref>
* 2001 - [[Cologne]], [[Germany]] – [[KölnTurm]] <ref>{{Structurae|id=s0001362|title=KölnTurm}}</ref>
* 2001 - [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]] – Andel (Office / Retail) <ref>[http://www.psj.cz/stavby/administrativni_budovy/7100_0200_andel_celni.jpg Photos at psj.cz]</ref>
* 2001 - [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] – Rehabilitation of the [[Gasometer, Vienna|Gasometer]] (Housing / Retail)
* 2000 - [[Lucerne]], Switzerland – [[Culture and Convention Center]] (Performance Space / Conference Hall / Museum / Restaurant)
* 2000 - [[Lucerne]], Switzerland – Reconstruction of The Hotel (Hotel / Restaurant-Bar) <ref>[http://www.vitruvio.ch/arc/contemporary/1946-2000/mcc.php Photos at vitruvio.ch]</ref>
* 2000 - [[Mons]], [[Belgium]] – Science Park (Museum)
* 2000 - [[Nantes]], France – [[Palais de Justice]] (Institutional)
* 1999 - [[Bregenz]], Austria – Interunfall (Office / Housing)
* 1999 - [[Rueil-Malmaison]], France – Foundation Cognac-Jay (Hospital)
* 1999 - [[Strasbourg]], France – Schutzenberger Brewery (Restaurant-Bar)
* 1999 - [[Wismar]], Germany – Technology Center (Office)
* 1998 - [[Paris]], France – [[Musée de la Publicité]] (Museum)
* 1998 - [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] – [[Dentsu Tower]] (Office / High-Rise)
* 1995 - [[Berlin]], Germany – [[Galeries Lafayette]] (Retail / Office) <ref>[http://www.berlin-en-ligne.com/lafayette.php Photos at berlin-en-ligne.com]</ref>
* 1995 - [[Lille]], France – [[Eurallille]] (Retail / Office / Housing)
* 1994 - [[Hérouville-Saint-Clair]], France – Social Center (Institutional)
* 1994 - [[Boisseuil]], France – Pôle de Lanaud, Genoscope (Office)
* 1994 - [[Paris]], France – [[Fondation Cartier]] (Office / Cultural) <ref>[http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/cartier/ Photo]</ref>
* 1993 - [[Bezons]], France – ZAC Parmentier (Housing)
* 1993 - [[Lyon]], France – Renovation of the [[Nouvel Opéra]] (Opera House / Restaurant)
* 1993 - [[Périgueux]], France – Vésunna Gallo-Roman Museum (Museum) <ref>{{Structurae|id=s0010081|title=Musée Vésunna}}</ref>
* 1993 - [[Saint-Imier]], Switzerland – Cartier CTL (Industrial)
* 1993 - [[Tours]], France – Conference Center (Conference Hall) <ref>[http://france.archiseek.com/indre_et_loire/tours/vinci_centre.html Photos]</ref>
* 1993 - [[Tours]], France – Housing (Housing)
* 1993 - [[Tours]], France – Tourism Office (Office)
* 1993 - [[Tours]], France – Parking (Transportation)
* 1992 - [[Dax, Landes|Dax]], France – Hôtel des Thermes (Hotel / Restaurant)
* 1992 - [[Hérouville-Saint-Clair]], France – Perception (Institutional)
* 1992 - [[Issy-les-Moulineaux]], France – CLMBBDO (Office)
* 1992 - [[Tours]], France – Bus Terminal (Transportation)
* 1991 - [[Blois]], France – Poulain (Industrial / Office)
* 1991 - [[Cap d'Ail]], France – [[Pierre et Vacances]] (Housing)
* 1990 - [[Freiburg]], Germany – [[Interdica]] (Industrial)
* 1989 - [[Bouliac]], France – Hôtel Saint-James (Hotel / Restaurant-Bar) <ref>[http://www.relaischateaux.com/fr/search-book/hotel-restaurant/stjames/ Photo at relaischateaux.com]</ref>
* 1989 - [[Nancy]], France – INIST (Office)
* 1989 - [[Paris]], France – ADP Offices (Office)
* 1989 - [[Paris]], France – Bailly Apartments (Housing)
* 1988 - [[Paris]], France – Galleries Bailly (Cultural)
* 1988 - [[Paris]], France – Hit Parade (Retail)
* 1988 - [[Saint-Herblain]], France – Onyx (Performance Space)
* 1987 - [[Combs-la-Ville]], France – La Coupole (Cultural)
* 1986 - [[Marne-la-Vallée]], France – Gymnase du Luzard (Sport)
* 1987 - [[Nîmes]], France – [[Dhuoda]] (Education)
* 1987 - [[Nîmes]], France – Nemausus 1 (Housing, 114 apartments)
* 1987 - [[Paris]], France – [[Arab World Institute]] (Cultural / Museum) <ref>[http://france.archiseek.com/paris/institut_du_monde_arabe Photos at archiseek.com]</ref>
* 1987 - [[Saint-Ouen]], France – Housing (Housing)
* 1986 - [[Nîmes]], France – Sport Center (Sport)
* 1984 - [[Antony, Hauts-de-Seine|Antony]], France – Les Godets (Education)
* 1984 - [[Belfort]], France – Municipal Theater (Performance Space) <ref>[http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/belfort/index.htm Photos at galinsky.com]</ref>
* 1983 - [[Paris]], France – Yves Dauge Offices (Office)
* 1982 - [[Kerjouanno]], France – SEA Center (Education / Leisure)
* 1982 - [[Paris]], France – Péniche Club de Presse Renault (Restaurant-Bar)
* 1980 - [[Antony, Hauts-de-Seine|Antony]], France – Collège Anne Franck (Education)
* 1979 - [[Bezons]], France – Val-Notre-Dame Clinic (Hospital)
* 1979 - [[Troyes]], France – Devoldere Residence (Housing)
* 1978 - [[Troyes]], France – Dick Residence (Housing)
* 1976 - [[Paris]], France – Trocadero Library (Institutional)
* 1974 - [[Périgueux]], France – Delanghe Residence (Housing)
* 1974 - [[Trélissac]], France – Kindergarten School (Education)
* 1973 - [[Villeneuve-sur-Lot]], France – Delbigot Residence (Housing)
* 1972 - [[Paris]], France – Baillais – Printing House (Office)
* 1971 - [[Paris]], France – Plateau Beaubourg (Cultural)

===Abandoned projects===
*1989 - The ''[[Tour Sans Fins]]'' (Office/High-Rise) at [[La Défense]], [[France]], a winning project which was never realized.

==Awards and distinctions==
Nouvel and the buildings which he designed have received a number of distinctions during his career, the most prestigious of which are listed below.

===Individual distinctions===
*2008 - [[Pritzker Prize]] <ref name=Pritzker/>
*2005 - [[Wolf Prize in Arts]] <ref name=Wolf/>
*Honorary degrees from the [[University of Buenos Aires]] (1983), the [[Royal College of Art|Royal College of Art, London]] (2002) and the [[University of Naples]] (2002).<ref name=Pompidou>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnac-gp.fr/Pompidou/Communication.nsf/docs/ID2724EFC64E1E78C5C1256B12005181B5/$File/nouvelnouveau.pdf|title=Press release for a 2001-2002 retrospective of Nouvel's work|publisher=[[Centre Pompidou]]|date=2001|accessdate=2008-03-30}}. A [http://www.cnac-gp.fr/Pompidou/Communication.nsf/docs/IDA0398CA69DA1CD6CC1256B0B0049F73A/$File/nouvelanglais.pdf shorter version in English] is also available.</ref>
*Honorary fellow of the [[American Institute of Architects]] (1993) and of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] (1995). <ref name=Pompidou/>
*In 1997, Nouvel was named [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]. He first joined the order in 1983. He is also [[Légion d'honneur|Chevalier de la légion d'honneur]].{{fact|date=April 2008}}

===Distinctions for projects===
*1989 - [[Aga Khan Award for Architecture]] for the [[Institut du Monde Arabe]]. <ref name=AgaKhan/><ref name=Pompidou/> In 1987, the building also won the [[Équerre d'Argent]] awarded yearly to the best building in France.<ref>[http://prix.groupemoniteur.fr/equerre_d_argent/la_relation_reussie_entre_architecte_et_maitre_d_ouvrage/1983_2006_vingt_quatre_equerre_d_argent_decernees List of winners of the Équerre d'Argent], Groupe Moniteur.</ref>

===Retrospectives===
*2005 - [[Louisiana Museum of Modern Art]] <ref name=StateofArt/>
*2001 - Centre Pompidou, Paris <ref name=Pompidou/>

==References==
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==External links==

* [http://www.jeannouvel.fr/ Jean Nouvel.fr] - Official website
* [http://www.architectour.net/architetti/scheda_arc.php?id_arc=12&language=1 Jean Nouvel at architectour.net]
* [http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Jean_Nouvel.html Jean Nouvel] biography and works

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Jean Nouvel
Born (1945-08-12) August 12, 1945 (age 79)
Fumel, Lot-et-Garonne, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationArchitect
AwardsCommandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Aga Khan Award for Architecture (Arab World Institute), Pritzker Prize, Wolf Prize in Arts
BuildingsArab World Institute

Guthrie Theater
Torre Agbar
Quai Branly Museum
Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern (KKL)
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (fr.wikipedia)
Louvre Abu Dhabi (in progress)

Tour de Verre (in progress)

Jean Nouvel (born 12 August 1945) is a French architect. Nouvel 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.[1][2][3][4] A number of museums and architectural centres have presented retrospectives of his work.[5][6]

Biography

File:France Paris Institut du Monde Arabe 01.jpg
Arab World Institute, Paris.

Cory was born in South Carolina. He enrolled Pickens School of Crap. Bordeaux in 1964 and, in 1966, joined the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. From 1967 to 1970, Nouvel was an assistant to architects Claude Parent and Paul Virilio. He obtained his degree in 1972 and soon became the architect of the seventh edition of the Biennale de Paris.[5] Soon into his career, Nouvel became a key participant in intellectual debates about architecture in France: he co-founded the Mars 1976 movement in 1976 and, a year later, the Syndicat de l'Architecture. Nouvel was one of the organizers of the competition for the rejuvenation of the Les Halles district (1977) and he founded the first Paris architecture biennale in 1980.

Completed in 2005, the Torre Agbar in Barcelona is one of Nouvel's most famous recent buildings.

In 1981, Nouvel won the competition for the Institut du monde arabe building in Paris, whose construction was completed in 1987 and brought Nouvel international fame. Lenses in its south wall can control interior lighting and are reminiscent of Arabic latticework.[4] His winning design for the Tour Sans Fins, proposed as Europe's tallest building in 1989, was to change ground up from granite, followed by aluminum, stainless steel and finally glass—"increasingly diaphanous before disappearing into the sky".[4]

Nouvel was awarded the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honor, in 2008, for his work on more than 200 projects,[7] among them, in the words of The New York Times, the "exotically louvered" Arab World Institute, the bullet-shaped and "candy-colored" Torre Agbar in Barcelona, and the "muscular" Guthrie Theater with its cantilevered bridge in Minneapolis.[3][7] In its citation, the jury of the Pritzker prize noted:

Of the many phrases that might be used to describe the career of architect Jean Nouvel, foremost are those that emphasize his courageous pursuit of new ideas and his challenge of accepted norms in order to stretch the boundaries of the field. [...] The jury acknowledged the ‘persistence, imagination, exuberance, and, above all, an insatiable urge for creative experimentation’ as qualities abundant in Nouvel’s work.[4]

Projects

Nouvel is a prolific architect and has designed a number of notable buildings across the world, the most significant of which are listed below. As part of the announcement of Nouvel's Pritzker Prize, the Hyatt Foundation, which awards the prize, published a full illustrated list of Nouvel's architectural work, including projects which were never built, projects in construction and designs for which construction has yet to start. [8][9]

Proposed

  • In February 2008, Nouvel agreed to design a rakish 45-story luxury condo tower in upscale Century City section of Los Angeles, California. The tower will be of modern design -- it is designed to maximize views of the Los Angeles Country Club from the units and is opposed by both homeowners associations in Beverly Hills for the shadows it will cast on many small homes and its next door neighbor, Beverly Hills High School. [10]
  • In November 2006, Nouvel was tapped to build a new 75-story tower next to the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan. The tower will house a hotel, luxury apartments and three floors (2nd, 4th, and 5th) will be used by MoMA to expand its exhibition space.[11]
  • In April 2007, Jean Nouvel associated with Marshall Day Acoustics Ltd won the competition to build a new Orchestra Hall (Philharmonie de Paris) in Paris, close to Cité de la Musique (opening in 2012)[12]
  • The Centre for Sustainable Development in Le Havre, France. The project includes the construction of a 120 m high tower on a former seaport area. The project is currently on hold because of an important increase in projected costs. [13]

Under construction

File:Saadiyat Island Model Pict 3.jpg
Model of the future Louvre Abu Dhabi.
Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis.
File:Musée du Quai branly.jpg
Musée du quai Branly.
Gasometer in Vienna.
Culture and Convention Center, Lucerne, Switzerland.
File:Palais de justice (Nantes).JPG
Palais de Justice (Courthouse) of Nantes.

Completed

Abandoned projects

Awards and distinctions

Nouvel and the buildings which he designed have received a number of distinctions during his career, the most prestigious of which are listed below.

Individual distinctions

Distinctions for projects

Retrospectives

References

Sources consulted
Endnotes
  1. ^ a b "Aga Khan Award for Architecture; The Fourth Award Cycle, 1987-1989". Aga Khan Development Network. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  2. ^ a b "THE 2005 Wolf Foundation Prize in the Arts". Wolf Foundation. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  3. ^ a b c Robin Pogrebin (2008-03-30). "French Architect Wins Pritzker Prize". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  4. ^ a b c d "Media Kit announcing the 2008 Pritzker architecture Prize Laureate" (PDF). The Hyatt Foundation. 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2008-03-31. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 10 (help)
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Press release for a 2001-2002 retrospective of Nouvel's work" (PDF). Centre Pompidou. 2001. Retrieved 2008-03-30.. A shorter version in English is also available.
  6. ^ a b Alain Adam (Winter 2006). "Not all Sweetness and Light at Quai Branly". State of Art (8).
  7. ^ a b "Nouvel wins top architect's prize". BBC News. March 31, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-31. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Project List — 2000-2007 — Ateliers Jean Nouvel" (PDF). The Hyatt Foundation. 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  9. ^ "The Pritzker Architecture Prize 2008 Presented to Jean Nouvel" (PDF). The Hyatt Foundation. 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  10. ^ "New heights of luxury in Century City". Los Angeles Times. 2008-02-07. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  11. ^ "Next to MoMA, Reaching for the Stars". New York Times. 2007-11-15. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  12. ^ "Philharmonie de Paris (Paris Symphony Hall)". The Design Build Network. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  13. ^ "La tour prend garde". Libération (in French). 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  14. ^ Le "Louvre Abu Dhabi" verra bien le jour Le Figaro October 9, 2007
  15. ^ "After a 37-Year Run, a Roadside Venus to Be Veiled". New York Times. 2007-02-11. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  16. ^ "Copenhagen Concert Hall project description". Danmarks Radio website. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  17. ^ Guthrie Theater website
  18. ^ Torre Agbar at Structurae
  19. ^ Photo
  20. ^ KölnTurm at Structurae
  21. ^ Photos at psj.cz
  22. ^ Photos at vitruvio.ch
  23. ^ Photos at berlin-en-ligne.com
  24. ^ Photo
  25. ^ Musée Vésunna at Structurae
  26. ^ Photos
  27. ^ Photo at relaischateaux.com
  28. ^ Photos at archiseek.com
  29. ^ Photos at galinsky.com
  30. ^ List of winners of the Équerre d'Argent, Groupe Moniteur.
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