Jean Nouvel

Jean Nouvel

Jean Nouvel was born in 1945 in Fumel, a city in southeastern France. During his period of study at the Parisian School of Fine Arts, he worked with Claude Parent, a renowned French architect, and later with the philosopher-urban planner Paul Virilio. In 1970, together with François Seigneur, he founded his first agency and the following year, after graduating from high school, he met the critic Georges Boudaille who introduced him as architect of the Paris Biennale of the same year. Always attentive to the architectural needs of cities and citizens, Jean Nouvel is one of the founders of the "March 1976" movement, of the "Architecture Syndicate" and is one of the main supporters of the intervention of various international architects for the redevelopment of the Halles district Paris. Nouvel architect and designer has won numerous awards and received many recognitions over the past few years. We can mention the silver medal of the Académie d'Architecture in 1980 and the "Gran Prix d'Architecture" for all his works in 1987. In the same year he won the "Equerre d'Argent" for his excellent work of design in the field of minimalist furniture. His work is exhibited in the best international museums such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid,