Nouvel by Nouvel France's premier architect designs his own monograph The work of France's internationally celebrated contemporaryarchitect—and recipient of the 2008 Pritzker Prize—in a bookdesigned by the master himself. Jean Nouvel is widely regarded as France's most original and importantcontemporary architect. From 1967 to 1970, he assisted
influentialarchitects Claude Parent and Paul Virilio, before creating his ownpractice in Paris. His first widely acclaimed project was the Institut duMonde Arabe in Paris (1981-87). Since then he has completed the Lyon OperaHouse, the Euralille Shopping Center, Lille, and the Fondation Cartier,Paris. His major completed projects since 2000 include the Culture andConvention Center in Lucerne, Switzerland, the spectacular Agbar Tower inBarcelona, the extension of the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, the QuaiBranly Museum in Paris, and the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Nouvel won the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Gold Medal in2001. Jean Nouvel worked for five years with author Philip Jodidio on thisprodigiously illustrated TASCHEN monograph, a book commensurate with thearchitect's talent. Two 400-page hardcover volumes give the most completeoverview to date of Jean Nouvel's career, including works in progress suchas the new Louvre in Abu Dhabi, the Philharmonie de Paris, and the MoMAextension in New York. The book's graphic design and images were conceivedand selected by the architect; in addition, the transparent printed dustjackets mimic the architect's own tendency to play with contrasts andoverlaid patterns. This publication is Nouvel by Nouvel, inside and out.