Ayers, Andrew
Jean Nouvel (1945-) - 2 November 2018 - London EMAP Publishing Limited 2018
Now well into his eighth decade on Earth, and his sixth on Planet Architecture, Jean Nouvel is showing no signs of slowing down. After last year’s critically acclaimed Louvre Abu Dhabi, he’s about to deliver another desert mirage in the form of the National Museum of Qatar (due to open this December), is continuing work on Manhattan’s 320m 53W53 (aka the MoMA Tower), which topped out this summer, and, in his native France, will be inaugurating yet another tower this autumn, the 135m-high La Marseillaise on the waterfront in Marseille. And these are just the most visible among the countless current projects being undertaken by Ateliers Jean Nouvel (AJN), an international firm that employs around 140 people and has an annual turnover oscillating between a pre-crash, 2008 high of €54 million and a more modest but still significant €27.3 million in 2015 (the most recent figure available).
ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)
Jean Nouvel (1945-) - 2 November 2018 - London EMAP Publishing Limited 2018
Now well into his eighth decade on Earth, and his sixth on Planet Architecture, Jean Nouvel is showing no signs of slowing down. After last year’s critically acclaimed Louvre Abu Dhabi, he’s about to deliver another desert mirage in the form of the National Museum of Qatar (due to open this December), is continuing work on Manhattan’s 320m 53W53 (aka the MoMA Tower), which topped out this summer, and, in his native France, will be inaugurating yet another tower this autumn, the 135m-high La Marseillaise on the waterfront in Marseille. And these are just the most visible among the countless current projects being undertaken by Ateliers Jean Nouvel (AJN), an international firm that employs around 140 people and has an annual turnover oscillating between a pre-crash, 2008 high of €54 million and a more modest but still significant €27.3 million in 2015 (the most recent figure available).
ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)