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walter menzies (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
reina sofia a wonderful collection of modern art includes picasso's guernica ...and jean nouvel's extension is a wow
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Louvre Abu Dhabi
A Daily Dose of Architecture (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The idea of a Louvre branch on Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island is just mind-boggling. When completed in 2013, the museum will present "works drawn from the Louvre and other French museums and from its own permanent collection." But if the numbers in Adran Hornsby's article on the end of "starchitecture" in the latest Hunch are any indication -- approximately half of the $1.4 billion...
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Surface Tension
Archinect (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The New Yorker's Paul Goldberger discusses Jean Nouvel's fa�ade designs. When you catch your first glimpse of 100 Eleventh Avenue, a new apartment tower in Chelsea designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel, its curving fa�ade, an abstract arrangement of windows slanting in multiple directions, looks like a gimmick. The building clatters; it jangles like a bracelet. Beside the smooth,...
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Open Caption: Jean Nouvel in Abu Dhabi
Flavorwire (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
According to the press release that accompanied this image, Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan was inspecting a prototype of the dome for the Louvre Abu Dhabi, which is expected to open in 2013. Jean Nouvel, Pritzker Prize-winning architect for the project, smiles to his left. Give us your best caption. Our favorite response will [...] Related posts: The Onion [Open Caption]'> Pic of the Day: God...
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Goldberger Pens Love Letter to Nouvel's 100 Eleventh
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The critical reaction to Jean Nouvel's mountain of broken glass at 100 Eleventh Avenue has been mixed so far , but here comes a heavyweight to shape the discussion moving forward. The New Yorker 's Paul Goldberger, author of one of our favorite architecture takedowns of all time, sizes up Nouvel's Vision Machine in West Chelsea, and... he likes it ! In a piece that's also a Nouvel career retrospective...
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Paul Goldberger: Jean Nouvel and the art of the façade.
The New Yorker - Arts and Culture (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
When you catch your first glimpse of 100 Eleventh Avenue, a new apartment tower in Chelsea designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel, its curving façade, an abstract arrangement of windows slanting in multiple directions, looks like a gimmick. The building clatters; it jangles like a bracelet. Beside . . .
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Closings Begin at Nouvel's West Chelsea Vision Machine
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Our October wish of closings at Jean Nouvel's 100 Eleventh Avenue —aka Vision Machine, Shattered Glass, Prison Pal , Money Pit , etc.—actually came true! That's the tasty little crumb baked deep inside architecture critic James Gardner's review of the building, and a building rep confirms that some condos have closed . Here's the rub: Because of the freshness of the sales and the usual lag...
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Monday Face-Off #1: Cassa Complete on West 45th Street
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
There is big news today regarding a handful of notable new facades around town, and such excitement can only lead to one thing: Curbed miniseries! And so we bring to you the Monday Face-Off, which technically should be called the Monday Face-On, but that just sounds silly. First up is Midtown hotel/condo curiosity Cassa NY , the Enrique Norten-designed former Development Du Jour that was reportedly...
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Panel eye on MoMA tower
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Jean Nouvel may be one of the world's most famous architects, but it will be the city's chief planner -- currently Amanda Burden -- who will have the final say over the design of a soaring luxury tower next to the Museum of Modern Art. The City Pl...
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Curbed House Call: 40 Mercer Wants to Feel Better
Curbed (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
It's time for another Curbed House Call , in which we take a look at a notable but maybe not-so-new building and take its market temperature. The cabanas, the crazy pool, the private club—the Jean Nouvel-designed 40 Mercer will always be one of Soho's main attractions. Did you know that André Balazs developed 40 Mercer as a hotel, but switched to condos once hotel financing dried up after...
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MoMA Tower Lawsuit Coming?
Curbed (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Group of enraged Midtowners, you just lost a bitter battle to stop the approval of Jean Nouvel's Chrysler Building-sized Tower Verre from blocking your views, so what are you going to do now ? "We're going to Disney World!" Huh? Oh wait, let's consult our NIMBY-to-English dictionary. That actually translates to, "We're likely filing a legal challenge !" Ah, that makes more sense....
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Monster Mash: Jean Nouvel's MoMA tower approved; NEA funding boost; Michael Jackson museum?
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
-- Reaching for the sky: A new tower, pictured, for the Museum of Modern Art designed by Jean Nouvel has received approval from New York's City Council. (Associated Press) -- Budget bill: Congressional negotiators have approved a spending bill that...
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MoMA's Nouvel Tower Gets Green Light From NYC
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
"The City Council put the finishing touches yesterday on the Museum of Modern Art's request to build an 82-story tower," designed by Jean Nouvel, "that would rise as high as the Chrysler Building, granting the project final approval -- and leaving Midtown neighbors seeing red."...
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Museum's tower gets OK
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The Museum of Modern Art's proposal for a new 82-story tower designed by architect Jean Nouvel has cleared its final hurdle.
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Museum of Modern Art 82-Story Tower Approved by NYC Council
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- The Museum of Modern Art 's proposal for a new 82-story tower has cleared its final hurdle. The New York City Council voted Wednesday to approve the plan for a 1000-foot mixed-use tower on West 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. It was the final hurdle for the plan's approval process. The museum already has its main exhibition space on that block. The MoMA Web site says...