Nouvel, a close friend of the late postmodern philosopher Jean Baudrillard's, can get cerebral when talking about his own work. ... Nouvel is renowned for using light as a raw material.

Says Jean Nouvel at the preview launch in Paris Sept, 2012. ... The public interiors at the dining areas are dominantly kept its raw grey, as for the So-So chair, ...

Jean Nouvel is one of several architects and designers that have opted for an unfinished aesthetic in their projects – Yusuke Seki created a stripped back coffee shop in Japan that features raw ...

Architect Jean Nouvel Makes His Mark on N.Y. October 17, 2010 / 8:57 AM EDT / CBS An award-winning French architect is about to leave his mark on the world's most famous skyline: New York City.

Nouvel has made a relatively light mark on New York, with just two residential buildings — 40 Mercer Street, a deluxe riff on the theme of the cast-iron Soho building, and 100 11th Avenue, with ...

The developers of a condo in Chelsea designed by Jean Nouvel are altering the building’s lobby after real estate agents attributed slow sales to the lobby’s design.

Influential French architect Jean Nouvel has produced several impressive buildings in the Middle East, but his latest project may be his most ambitious. Sharaan consists of a resort and hotel ...

Jean Nouvel has one of the most recognizable names in architecture today. But his work is so versatile it's often hard to recognize it as his. There is little aesthetic kinship between the Arab ...