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ARCHITECT JEAN NOUVEL

JEAN NOUVEL,2009
Who was Architect Jean Nouvel?
 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. A
number of museums and architectural centers have
presented retrospectives of his work.
Family and education
 Nouvel was born on 12 August 1945 in Fumel, France.
He is the son of Renée and Roger Nouvel who were
teachers.
 His parents encouraged Nouvel to study
mathematics and language, but when he
was 16 years old he was captivated by art
when a teacher taught him drawing.
Although he later said he thought that his
parents were guiding him to pursue a career
in education or engineering, the family
reached a compromise that he could study
architecture which they thought was less risky
than art.
Cont.,
 When Nouvel failed an entrance examination
at the École des Beaux-Arts of Bordeaux, he
moved to Paris where he won first prize in a
national competition to attend the École
nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
 From 1967 to 1970, Nouvel earned his income
as an assistant to architects Claude Parent
and Paul Virilio, who after only one year,
made him a project manager in charge of
building a large apartment complex.
Cont.,
 Nouvel and filmmaker Odile Fillion married
and have two sons, Bertrand, who is a post-
doctorate computer scientist working at Mind
storm Multi touch in London, and Pierre, who is
a theater producer and designer at his
company, Factoid. With his second wife
Catherine Richard, Nouvel has a daughter,
Sarah. He lives now with Mia Hägg, who is a
Swedish architect working at her practice
Habiter Autrement (HA) in Paris.
Cont.,
 By age 25, Nouvel
completed school and
entered into his own
partnership with François
Seigneur.
 In 1981, Nouvel won the
design competition for the
Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab
World Institute) building in Paris,
whose construction was
completed in 1987 and
brought Nouvel international
fame.
Torre Aigües de Barcelona (Agbar), Barcelona
Least of Jean Nouvel works

Gasometer A (2001) in Vienna


Least of Jean Nouvel works

Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid,


Monolith for Expo.02 (2002) in
2005
Switzerland
Notable works
 Nouvel has designed a number of
notable buildings across the world, the
most significant of which are listed below.
 1987 – Nemausus 1 (Housing, 114 apartments), Nîmes,
France
 1987 – Arab World Institute, Paris, France
 1994 – Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain
(Office / Cultural), Paris, France
 1995 – Euralille, (Retail / Office / Housing), Lille, France
Notable works
 2000 – Culture and Convention Center (Performance
Space / Conference Hall / Museum / Restaurant),
Lucerne, Switzerland
 2000 – Palais de Justice, Nantes, France
 2001 – Golden Angel (Zlatý Anděl), Prague, Czech
Republic
 2002 – Monolith of Expo.02, Murten, Switzerland
 2004 – Torre Agbar (Office), Barcelona, Spain
 2004 – Museum Two, Leeum, Samsung Museum of
Art, Seoul, South Korea
Notable works
 2005 – Reina Sofía Museum expansion, Madrid,
Spain
 2006 – Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France
 2006 – Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN, USA
 2009 – Copenhagen Concert Hall, Copenhagen,
Denmark
 2010 – 100 Eleventh Avenue, Manhattan, NY,
USA.
 2010 – Serpentine Gallery temporary pavilion,
London
 2010 – One New Change, London
Notable works
 2011 – Tower 25 in Nicosia
 2012 – Doha Tower skyscraper, Doha,
Qatar
 2012 – City Hall, Montpellier.
 2015 – Philharmonie de Paris, Paris.
Awards and honors
 Nouvel and the buildings which he designed have
received a number of distinctions during his career,
the most prestigious of which are listed below.
 Honorary degrees from the University of Buenos
Aires (1983), the Royal College of Art, London
(2002) and the University of Naples (2002).
 Honorary fellow of the American Institute of
Architects (1993) and of the Royal Institute of
British Architects (1995).
Cont.,
 In 1997, Nouvel was named Commander de
l'Ordre des Arts et des Letters. He first joined the
order in 1983. He is also Chevalier de la légion
d'honneur.
 2005 – Wolf Prize in Arts
 2008 – Pritzker Prize
conclusion

 “Since the beginning of his architectural career in the 1970s,


Frenchman Jean Nouvel has broken the aesthetic of modernism
and post-modernism to create a stylistic language all his own. He
places enormous importance on designing a building
harmonious with its surroundings,” said Bill Lacy in his book, One
Hundred Contemporary Architects. Lacy, who was executive
director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize from 1988 until 2005
when he retired, continued, “In the end that building’s design
may borrow from traditional and non-traditional forms, but its
presentation is entirely unique.”
Cont.,
 Jean Nouvel’s projects
transform the landscapes in
which they are built, often
becoming major urban events
in their own right. His unique
approach, driven by the
specificities of context,
program, and site has proven
effective in numerous
successes around the world.
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YOUR
ATTENSSION
GROUP MEMBERS
1) ANDINET MELAKU
2) ADINEW LARAGO
3) AMANUEL WORKU
4) ABI DANIEL

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