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Jean Nouvel

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Jean Nouvel (French: [ʒɑ̃ nuvɛl]; born 12 August 1945) is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l'Architecture, France’s first labor union for architects. He has obtained a number of prestigious distinctions over the course of his career, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (for the Institut du Monde Arabe which Nouvel designed), the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2005 and the Pritzker Prize in 2008. A number of museums and architectural centres have presented retrospectives of his work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Nouvel is the 50th most popular architect (down from 49th in 2019), the 749th most popular biography from France (down from 665th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Architect.

Jean Nouvel is most famous for designing the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, France.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jean Nouvel ranks 50 out of 518. Before him are Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Callicrates, Giacomo della Porta, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Marcel Breuer, and Arnolfo di Cambio. After him are Christopher Wren, Louis Le Vau, Aldo Rossi, Richard Meier, Álvaro Siza Vieira, and Arne Jacobsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Jean Nouvel ranks 54. Before him are James Avery, Alan Ball Jr., Douglas Osheroff, George Smoot, Keith Jarrett, and Vinko Puljić. After him are Michael J. Smith, Slobodan Praljak, Jacky Ickx, Yochanan Vollach, Neil Young, and José Feliciano.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Nouvel ranks 749 out of 6,770. Before him are Adela of Champagne (1140), Marie of Anjou (1404), Louise de La Vallière (1644), Raymond Queneau (1903), Louise of Lorraine (1553), and Simone Veil (1927). After him are Raoul Dufy (1877), Charles-Henri Sanson (1739), Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France (1290), Thomas Bangalter (1), Arbogast (340), and Alexis Clairaut (1713).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Jean Nouvel ranks 4. Before him are Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809), André Le Nôtre (1613), and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814). After him are Louis Le Vau (1612), Ferdinand Cheval (1836), François Mansart (1598), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Charles Garnier (1825), Claude Perrault (1613), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), and Hector Guimard (1867).

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