This monograph of Jean Nouvel includes a total of 36 projects from his latest work, including the Agbar Tower, the extension of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Gallo-Roman Museum, the Sarlat Sainte-Marie Church, the Institut du Monde Arabe that became a breakthrough in his career, the Foundation Cartier for contemporary art, the Nemausus 1, and the Institute for Scientific and Technical Information. Also his unbuilt projects, such as the Grand Stade, the Tour Sans Fins, the Mode Gakuen Project, the Les Halles Project, the Musée du Quai Branly, and the Guthrie Theater, due to be completed in June 2006, will be featured along with various other projects in progress. Through presenting Nouvel's work, this publication will focus on light, shadow, glass, color and materials, all of which are very important elements for his architecture.
Finally, an interview with Jean Nouvel reveals much of his personality and lifestyle, as well as his thoughts and ideas about architecture and the Louisiana Manifesto, an exhibition held at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in 2005.
Contents
Louisiana Manifesto
Interview with Jean Nouvel : About Work, Lifestyle and Himself
Project List 1970-2006
Design by Jean Nouvel
Credits & Data
Biography
Credits for Photographs and Texts
Works 1987-2006
Agbar Tower, Spain PageView Hotel in Florence, Italy
Extension of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain PageView Symphony Hall, Denmark
Hotel Puerta America, Spain Carnegie Science Center, USA
Musée du Quai Branly, France Guthrie Theater, USA PageView
Gallo-Roman Museum, France Poble Nou Park + Diagonal, Spain
Technopole, Germany Brembo Technopole, Italy
Dentsu Tower, Japan Saitama Arena, Japan
Sarlat Sainte-Marie Church, France Grand Stade, France
Cologne Mediapark 2, Germany Seine Rive Gauche, France
Cultural and Conference Center, Switzerland Tour Sans Fins, France
Courthouse in Nantes, France New National Theater of Japan, Japan
Le Havre Sea Center and Aquatic Complex, France Foundation Cartier for contemporary art, France
Les Halles Project, France VINCI International Conference Center, France
Mode Gakuen Project, Japan Lyon Opera House, France PageView
Taichung Opera House, Taiwan PageView Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (INIST), France
Tower 25 Stasinou, Cyprus Nemausus 1, France Learning Resource Center, Cyprus PageView Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA), France
Doha High Rise Office Building, Qatar