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Article: Art Nouvel. (interior design for shops by designer Jean Nouvel)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 1996
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1996 EMAP Architecture. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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In east Berlin, a new development of shops, offices and apartments by Jean Nouvel brings a very Gallic form of glamour to one of the main thoroughfares.
Berlin, both united and torn apart, is peculiarly eloquent of history and the anguish of division. It is a city of echoes. They reverberate down the years as you look over the vast plain under construction that is the Potsdamer Platz in east Berlin - at the beginning of the century one of the liveliest squares in Europe - or glimpse the revolt in graffitti covering a fragment of Wall, or tread no-man's-land in the company of ghosts at Checkpoint Charlie. Preserved in literature and film, the old border post is marked ...
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Article: Jean Nouvel to Design New Hall in Paris
AP Online;
April 5, 2007 ;
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...PARIS - French architect Jean Nouvel has been tapped to design a new orchestra hall for Paris, the prime minister's office said Thursday. The 2,400-seat hall, called...
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