Nouvel, Jean

Jean Nouvel (born 1945)

Jean Nouvel, born 1945 in  Fumel, Lot-et-Garonne, France, is a French architect.
Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976. During his studies he already worked as an assistant to architects Claude Parent and Paul Virilio.
He has received numerous awards and hnorships, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture , the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2005 and the Pritzker Prize in 2008. Ateliers Jean Nouvel, his present practice, was formed in 1994 with Michel Pélissié and is one of the largest in France, with 140 people in the main office in Paris.

Important Buildings:

  • 40 Mercer Street Residences - New York City, U.S.
  • ADP Offices, Paris, France
  • Arab World Institute, Paris, France
  • Baillais – Printing House, Paris, France
  • Bailly Apartments, Paris, France
  • Bus Terminal, Tours, France
  • Cartier CTL, Saint-Imier, Switzerland
  • CLMBBDO, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
  • Collège Anne Franck, Antony, France
  • Conference Center, Tours, France
  • Culture and Convention Center Lucerne, Switzerland
  • Culture and Convention Center,  Lucerne
  • Delanghe Residence, Périgueux, France
  • Delbigot Residence, Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France
  • Dentsu Building, Tokyo
  • Dentsu Building, Tokyo, Japan
  • Devoldere Residence, Troyes, France
  • Dhuoda, Nîmes, France
  • Dick Residence, Troyes, France 
  • Eurallille, Lille, France
  • Fondation Cartier, Paris, France
  • Foundation Cognac-Jay, Rueil-Malmaison, France
  • Galeries Lafayette, Berlin, Germany
  • Galleries Bailly, Paris, France
  • Gasometer A, Vienna
  • Guthrie Theater,  Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Gymnase du Luzard, Marne-la-Vallée, France
  • Hit Parade, Paris, France
  • Hôtel des Thermes, Dax, France
  • Hôtel Saint-James, Bouliac, France
  • Housing, Saint-Ouen, France
  • Housing, Tours, France
  • INIST, Nancy, France
  • Interdica, Freiburg, Germany
  • Interunfall,  Bregenz, Austria (Office / Housing)
  • Kindergarten School, Trélissac, France
  • KölnTurm Cologne, Germany
  • La Coupole, Combs-la-Ville, France
  • Les Godets, Antony, France
  • Monolith for Expo.02, in Switzerland
  • Monolith of Expo.02 Murten, Switzerland
  • Municipal Theater, Belfort, France
  • Musée de la Publicité, Paris, France
  • Musée du quai Branly,  Paris, France
  • Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
  • Nemausus 1, Nîmes, France
  • Onyx, Saint-Herblain, France
  • Palais de Justice Nantes, France
  • Parking, Tours, France
  • Péniche Club de Presse Renault, Paris, France
  • Perception, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
  • Pierre et Vacances, Cap d'Ail, France
  • Plateau Beaubourg, Paris, France
  • Pôle de Lanaud, Genoscope, Boisseuil, France
  • Poulain, Blois, France
  • Reconstruction of The Hote, l Lucerne, Switzerland
  • Rehabilitation of the Gasometer Vienna, Austria
  • Renovation of the Nouvel Opéra, Lyon, France
  • Schutzenberger Brewery, Strasbourg, France
  • Science Park, Mons, Belgium
  • SEA Center, Kerjouanno, France
  • Social Center, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
  • Sport Center, Nîmes, France
  • Technology Center, Wismar, Germany
  • Torre Agbar Barcelona, Spain
  • Tourism Office Tours, France
  • Trocadero Library, Paris, France –
  • Val-Notre-Dame Clinic, Bezons, France
  • Vésunna Gallo-Roman Museum, Périgueux, France
  • Yves Dauge Offices, Paris, France
  • ZAC Parmentier, Bezons, France
  • Zlatý And?l Prague, Czech Republic
  • Zlatý And?l, Prague

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