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Jean Nouvel designs sinuous Shenzhen Opera House for China

March 25, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A visual of a sinuous opera house by Jean Nouvel

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel’s studio has unveiled its proposal for a giant opera house on the waterfront in Shenzhen, China, which will be covered by a curving roofscape. The Shenzhen Opera House is designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel as a 220,000-square-metre cultural landmark for the Shekou Peninsula, a site overlooking Shenzhen Bay. Once complete, it will

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Jean Nouvel completes first phase of plant-covered Aquarela complex in Ecuador

January 21, 2021 India Block 0

New renders show Aquarela, a high-rise apartment complex designed by French practice Ateliers Jean Nouvel for Cumbayá, Ecuador, which will be covered in planted balconies. Phase one, comprising of three terraced towers called Terra, Aqua and Cielo, completed in December 2020 along with the communal facilities. The next six towers will complete in three phases

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Jean Nouvel reveals cave hotel in Saudi Arabia’s AlUla desert

October 27, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
The Sharaan by Jean Nouvel Resort in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia

French architect Jean Nouvel has unveiled the design for a subterranean hotel that will be carved into a sandstone hill in the AlUla desert in Saudi Arabia. Named Sharaan by Jean Nouvel, the resort will be cut into the sandstone hills in the AlUla area of Saudi Arabia, which is around 220 miles north of

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Jean Nouvel designs lush Acquarela community for Ecuador

November 12, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Acquarela by Jean Nouvel

French architect Jean Nouvel has designed a sprawling, stone-clad residential development for the outskirts of Quito that echoes its mountainous surroundings. Ateliers Jean Nouvel has created Acquarela for Cumbayá, a rural area east of the Ecuadorian capital, in collaboration with local architectural developer Uribe & Schwarzkopf. The project will comprise nine residential blocks wrapped by

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