Nouvel's 53rd St. tower design unveiled

Dezeen has several renderings of this very tall and spiky tower designed by the french architect for midtown manhattan.  "Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today the formal selection of Paris-based architect Jean Nouvel as the designer of a new...

French Architect Goes Global

Like a character out of Jules Verne, Jean Nouvel, 62, says that he creates a small world in each building that he designs. "Every time I'm making architecture, it's in a world that doesn't exist for me. Each time it's an unfolding of interior spaces, details, locations, new...

Architect Nouvel Presents Domed Design for Abu Dhabi Museum

Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) -- French architect Jean Nouvel presented his design for an Abu Dhabi museum, made up of a cluster of low buildings under a dome, to house artworks on loan from France. Nouvel, the architect of the Quai Branly museum of...