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Jean Nouvel

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Jean Nouvel

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French architect (b.1945)

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Vinony catalogs Jean Nouvel in its Pritzker Prize collection (59 entries).

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Born
( 1945-08-12 ) 12 August 1945 (age 80) , Fumel , Lot-et-Garonne , France
Alma mater
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Occupation
Architect
Awards
Aga Khan Award for Architecture (Arab World Institute), Pritzker Prize , Wolf Prize in Arts , Praemium Imperiale
Practice
Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Buildings
Arab World Institute , Paris, Culture and Congress Centre , Lucerne, Guthrie Theater , Minneapolis, Torre Agbar , Barcelona, Musée du quai Branly , Paris, Fondation Cartier , Paris, Philharmonie , Paris, Louvre , Abu Dhabi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jean
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Fumel
Occupation
teacher
Languages spoken
French
Student of
Paul Virilio
Official website
www.jeannouvel.com
Image
Jean Nouvel (32823243387).jpg
Work location
Paris
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Commons category
Jean Nouvel
date of birth
1945-01-01
name in native language
Jean Nouvel
has works in the collection
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
floruit
2010-01-01
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Jean Nouvel, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Jean Nouvel ( French: [ʒɑ̃ nuvɛl]; 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, France’s first labor union for architects. He has obtained a number of prestigious distinctions over the course of his career, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (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.

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