Jean Nouvel [Paperback]

Olivier Boissiere (Author)

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This attractive book traces the professional career of internationally renowned architect Jean Nouvel. By featuring 25 major projects, both built and unbuilt, particular themes and characteristics begin to emerge, such as Nouvel's sense of landscape and his fascination with transparency. This deluxe paperback edition includes over 180 full-color illustrations of Nouvel's projects, such as the Lyons Opera and the Cartier Foundation building in Paris, and is published in three languages side by side: English, French, and German.

Language Notes

Text: French, English, German (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Paperback: 207 pages
• Publisher: Terrail; Trilingual Ed edition (April 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 2879391059
• ISBN-13: 978-2879391052
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 9.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,369,087 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jean Nouvel's Revolutionary ideas in architecture, November 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Jean Nouvel (Paperback)

This is a very interesting book. It covers everything from Jean Nouvel's beginings in architecture, his aesthetic ideas and his influences. Then it explores some of Nouvel's most important projects such as the Lyons Opera House, the Lucerne Concert and Convention Center, etc. The book is written in French but it has the Germanand English translations in it. Very interesting book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good reference book, June 28, 2001

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This review is from: Jean Nouvel (Paperback)

This 206 pages reference book briefly gave us a glimpse of Jean Nouvel's accomplishment. The introduction told us of Jean's anti-establishment past, his evolution from embracing pop-culture (on the same wavelength as Robert Venturi) & subsequently, to tectonic architecture. Here, we started to appreciate his depth, his versatility, his vision in undertaking small & major projects alike; urban planning; residential, industrial, & commercial buildings. Some of the highlights would be the Opera House at Lyon, Cartier Building at Paris, Building at Berlin, The Arab World Institute, Paris. Towards the end of the book, there was a list of his principal projects & buildings from 1970 to 1996, his biography, & professionals that he is working with. It was a rather easy book to handle with plenty of pictures, & descriptions conveyed in 3 main languages: English, German, French respectively. For readers who want to read more about his latest works, perhaps, a new edition is waiting in the pipeline? Well-worth browsing through.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting look at Jean Nouvel's work, March 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Jean Nouvel (Paperback)

This book is worth a look for anyone not acquainted with Jean Nouvel's work, or anyone wanting to get a better sense of his projects,philosophy, and aesthetic views. The images in this book are beautifully photographed (check the images on the Lyon Opera House). My one complaint about this book and many other monographs is that most of the concepts for the projects are left unexplained. It's hard to fully appreciate the work if the sense of space, and volume are hazy and unclear. It would be nice if some of Jean Nouvel's projects were documented with plans,eleveations, section cuts. But despite this fact, this book still holds my interest.