Jean Nouvel

Jean Nouvel and star designer Oki Sato of Nendo reinvent the Pontos Day Date for Wallpaper x Maurice Lacroix

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Maurice Lacroix and Wallpaper* Magazine: back again for another impressive design journey. A few years ago, Maurice Lacroix decided to partner with Wallpaper and embarked on an exciting adventure which consisted of reinventing the Pontos watch thanks to the participation of outstanding designers. The informed reader will remember that in 2009, product designer Gwenaël Nicolas, industrial designer … Read more

Philharmonie de Paris: Jean Nouvel’s €390m spaceship crash-lands in France

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Paris’s gargantuan new concert hall is two years late, cost three times what it should, and its architect even snubbed its opening … Oliver Wainwright tackles a tyrannical new mothership

Sydney’s One Central Park wins world’s best tall building award

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An apartment block in Chippendale impressed jurors for its sustainable design concepts, including green walls and water recycling program

• The world’s best tall buildings of 2014 – in pictures

Louvre Abu Dhabi scoops up 300 masterpieces from France

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Monet, Leonardo, Van Gogh and Matisse among artworks to go on display at the £400m Arab museum when it opens in December 2015

New storehouse for the prestigious Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion designed by Philippe Starck

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  Wine tourism forces château owners from France to renew the facilities. After the renovations at the Château La Dominique (Saint-Emilion) and the Château La Coste (Provence) conducted by French architect Jean Nouvel, another Château announced a scale architectural project to appeal gourmet and wine travellers. Designer Philippe Starck and architect Luc Arsène-Henry design a new … Read more

I Saloni 2013: innovation is the watchword

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Milan is a window on the world of design and, more than any other city, a window on creativity, quality and change. Milan, and Milan alone dictates the trends in design, says I Saloni 2013 – the 53nd Milan Design Week. From 9 th to 14th April, the Italian city is playing host to the … Read more