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Les Bains des Docks – Le Havre, France

Posted in Built by brogannic on September 9, 2011

Building: Les Bains des Docks (Aquatic Center)
Location: Le Havre, France
Completion: July 2008
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Client: Mairie du Havre, CODAH

AE Interests: Clean geometric design with a very organic character, minimized echoing and sound carriage

National Museum of Qatar – Doha, Qatar

Posted in Under Construction by brogannic on August 26, 2011

Building: National Museum of Qatar
Location: Doha, Qatar
Expected Completion: December 2014
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Client: Qatar Museums Authority

AE Interests: The interlocking disks that compose the building are of varying curvature and diameter, both the exterior and interior are made up of interlocking disks, seeks LEED Silver certification relying mostly on creating shady and cool areas with thermal buffer zones within the disks

100 11th Avenue – New York, New York, U.S.

Posted in Built by brogannic on August 26, 2011

    Illustration by dbox
Building: 100 11th Avenue
Location: New York, New York
Completion: 2010
Client: Cape Advisor Inc., Alf Naman Real Estate Advisors
Design Architect: Jean Nouvel
Executive Architect: Beyer Blinder Belle
Structural Engineer: DeSimone Consulting Engineers
MEP Engineer: AKF Engineers
Geotech Engineer: Langan Engineering
Construction: Gotham Construction

AE Interests: Curtain wall contains over 1,650 individual glass panes, all sized, shaped, and angled differently, LEED certified, the curtain wall captures daylight differently throughout the day and the year

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Culture and Convention Center – Lucerne, Switzerland

Posted in Built by brogannic on August 26, 2011

Building: Culture and Convention Center, “KKL”
Location: Lucerne, Switzerland
Completion: 2000
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Acoustic Engineer: Russell Johnson

AE Interests:  the overhang that reaches 45 meters on the diagonal with a height of 21 meters, the structure is aligned with the environment rather than dominating it

Puerta America Hotel – Madrid, Spain

Posted in Built by brogannic on August 26, 2011

Building: Puerta America Hotel, “Museum for a night”
Location: Madrid, Spain
Completion: 2000
Architects: Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid, Ron Arad, David Chipperfield, Kathryn Findlay
Engineers: Rosskopf & Partner
Client: Silken Group
Budget: $94 Million

AE Interests: 19 architects and designers, ‘flowing’ three-dimensional shapes in the rooms

Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom – Stilwerk 2010 – Vienna, Austria

Posted in Built by brogannic on August 26, 2011

Building: Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom – Stilwerk
Location: Vienna Austria
Completion: December 2010
Architects: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Collaborators: Pipiloti Rist, Alain Bony, Henri Labiole, Patrick Blanc
Engineers: Werner Consult Ziviltechniker, Ingenieurconsulent für Bauween, Terrell International, Altherm Engineering, Baden, Buri Müller Partner
Clients: UNIQA Praterstrasse Projekterrichtungs GmbH, ARGE bau-control UNIQA

AE Interests:  Illuminated ceilings, traditional Viennese architecture, slanting/floating roof, 182 bedrooms and suites, panoramic views on the 18th floor