Barcelona Meeting Point

Jean Nouvel was born the 12 august 1945 in Fumel, France. He is Architect and Town Planner. In 1987 he was awarded with the “Equerre d’Argent” for his project of the Arab World Institute, Opera of Lyon in 1993, the medal of arts, the Golden Lion of the Biennale of Venice in 2000, the golden medal awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2001 and the Praemium Imperiale in 2001. Among his projects there is a special emphasize on the Arab World Institute, the Opera of Lyon, the Conference Centre of Tours, the Cartier Foundation, the Lafayette Galleries in Berlin, the Cultural Centre and the Congress of Lucerne, the Andal Building in Prague, the “Cité Judiciaire” in Nantes, reform of gasometer in Viena, the Tower Dentsu in Tokyo, the Technological Centre in Wismar. His present and recent projects are: the AGBAR Tower in Barcelona, the City Metropolitana in Barcelona, the Head Office of Richemont in Geneva, the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, the Carnegie Science Centre in Pittsburgh, the Symphonic concert hall of Copenhagen, the Guggenheim Museum in Rio...