Jean Nouvel of France, 2008 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate
The Pritzker Architecture Prize, often been described as “architecture’s most prestigious award” or as “the Nobel of architecture”, was established by The Hyatt Foundation in 1979 to honor annually a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment.
Most of their Laureates have produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture. Among the famous architects who are the previous winners are including Alvaro Siza (1992), Zaha Hadid (2004), and Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron (2001) who build the Beijing National Stadium Bird’s Nest.
And this year the Pritzker award goes to Jean Nouvel of Paris, France who has been presented the Pritzker Architecture Prize on June 2, 2008 in Washington D.C. Nouvel is the second laureate to be chosen from France, the first being Christian de Portzamparc in 1994.
As an architect, some of his important works are the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art (Paris 1994), the Branly Museum (Paris 2006), the Agbar Tower (Barcelona 2005), a Courthouse (Nantes 2000), a Cultural and Conference Center (Lucerne 2000), an Opera House (Lyon 1993), and Expo 2002 (Switzerland).
Although most of his work was build in France, he has designed over two hundred projects all over the world, including Japan, Spain, England, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Korea, Mexico, Israel, Brazil, Qatar, Lebanon, Cyprus, Iceland, UAE, Taiwan, Malaysia, Portugal, Kuwait, Morocco, Russia and the U.S.
Via: Pritzker Architecture Prize, Ateliers.
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