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Article: PURE JUSTICE.(architect Jean Nouvel designs Palais de Justice, Nantes, France)(Brief Article)
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- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- November 1, 2000
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A new Palais de Justice, in Nantes, is a brooding presence on the banks of the Loire and the latest in a series of regional law courts in France.
Jean Nouvel's maverick architectural talents have emerged again in the design of a sepulchral new Palais de Justice in Nantes at the mouth of the Loire. The building is a consequence of a review of the French justice system, begun over 10 years ago, and the latest in an ambitious programme to build regional law courts in over 20 departements throughout France. Like other commissions (for Architecture Studio, AR September 1997; Richard Rogers, AR July 1999; and recently Christian de Portzamparc), this one was won in ...
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