Tag Jean Nouvel

20-09-2016

Ateliers Jean Nouvel Doha Tower Qatar

Jean Nouvel’s skyscraper in Doha, Qatar looks like a giant version of the mashrabiya, an element of traditional Arabian architecture. The building has been shortlisted for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

15-09-2016

Gerber Architekten King Fahad National Library Riyadh

Gerber Architekten’s project expands the old national library building in Riyadh, built in 1980, giving the building a new skin and creating a new look for a key urban landmark in this part of the city.

13-07-2016

Smoke, Mark Handforth at Villa Croce, Genoa

Artist Mark Handforth is exhibiting existing and specifically created artworks in the neoclassic spaces of the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce in Genoa.

26-02-2016

Temporary constructions: the Serpentine Gallery pavilions

The Serpentine Gallery pavilions are temporary structures that last only one summer. They are always designed by an architect or architectural practice that has never before built anything in the United Kingdom. Let us take a look at recent pavilions presented in Floornature.

17-02-2016

Jean Nouvel and the One Central Park green homes in Sydney

One Central Park is a new sustainable housing complex designed by Atelier Jean Nouvel and PTW Architects in partnership with botanist Patrick Blanc. One Central Park consists of two towers joined by a base containing shops near Sydney harbour.

20-01-2016

The Musée de l'Homme in Paris has reopened

Musée del l'Homme - the famous anthropological museum in Paris - has reopened after a 5-year refurbishment.

15-12-2015

Jean Nouvel+MDW: Charleroi Police Headquarters and Charleroi Danses

In Charleroi, Belgium, Atelier Jean Nouvel and MDW Architecture have renovated the historic Caserne Defeld cavalry barracks to house the police headquarters and Charleroi Danses centre. A new landmark for the city, designed by Jean Nouvel and MDW, containing the offices of the police force.

07-10-2015

Comics in architecture, architecture in comics.

The exhibition titled “Arkitekturstriper: Architecture in comic-strip form” at the Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo covers a theme that is more topical than ever - communicating architecture.