Since his stunning Institut du Monde Arabe opened in Paris in 1987, French architect Jean Nouvel has designed widely published buildings throughout Europe. This superbly illustrated volume--the first book to be published on Nouvel since the establishment of his new firm, Architectures Jean Nouvel--features approximately twenty-five built and forthcoming projects, including his most important commission to date: his Concert Hall in Lucerne, Switzerland, scheduled to open in August 1998.
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Conway Lloyd Morgan is a contributing editor to World Architecture magazine and general editor of the 1995, 1996, and 1997 editions of International Design Yearbook. In addition to co-editing the 1995 Yearbook with Nouvel, he has also written widely on Nouvel's work.
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A must read for understanding Nouvel,
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This review is from: Jean Nouvel: The Elements of Architecture (Universe Architecture Series) (Paperback)
The book is simple and direct in its format and writing, yet it touches upon some of the most poignant themes in Nouvel's architecture, such as Light, Colour, Grids and Details, as well as an outlook towards the future of architecture. Instead of a boring chronology of the works these become the main chapters of the book, and take on several buildings that are representative of these essential themes. The squarish format of the book with full page colour pictures, details and architectural plans, make it both pleasent to read and entertaining to simply flip through. A few interviews or writings of Nouvel could surely have been added, for the more academic minded; but basically the book is an inescapable artefact in understanding the passion, simplicity and beauty of Nouvel's architecture.
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He is a very important arc. and this book explains why.,
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This review is from: Jean Nouvel: The Elements of Architecture (Universe Architecture Series) (Paperback)
Jean Nouvel is a very important person not only for French architecture,but also for Europian architecture.This book explains succesfully why he is so important.The price of the book is not much because of its quality.But more drawings are expected. more drawings.
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