Jean Nouvel by Jean Nouvel. 1981–2022

Jean Nouvel (born in 1945) studied in Bordeaux and then at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. A founding member of the Syndicat de l’Architecture, he received the RIBA Gold Medal in 2001 and the Pritzker Prize in 2008. Nouvel has built such iconic projects as the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, the Copenhagen Concert Hall, and the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include the Homes for Our Time series and monographs on numerous major architects, including Norman Foster , Tadao Ando , Renzo Piano , Jean Nouvel , and Zaha Hadid .