Jean Nouvel date of birth:
August 12, 1945
How old is Jean Nouvel?
80
Where was Jean Nouvel born?
Fumel, Lot-et-Garonne, France
Jean Nouvel body shape:
Average
What color is Jean Nouvel's hair?
Bald
What is Jean Nouvel's ethnicity?
White
What is Jean Nouvel nationality?
French
What is Jean Nouvel's occupation?
Architect
Jean Nouvel claim to fame:
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid
Short Biography
Jean Nouvel (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. He has obtained a number of prestigious distinctions over the course of his career, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (technically, the prize was awarded 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.