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For his design of this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Jean Nouvel chose a blood-red stage. The British press has enthusiastically celebrated this latest creation by the Parisian Pritzker Prize winner as a »symphony in red«. Filmic impressions of a fascinating project.

After a construction period of six years, the Copenhagen Concert Hall by Jean Nouvel opened last Saturday evening. It is part of the new DR (Danmark Radio) Town located in the northern part of Ørestad, a new residential and commercial district on the outskirts of the city centre.

In an exclusive lecture within the “Spotlight on Design”- series, recently announced Pritzker Prize Laureate for 2008, Jean Nouvel presents his highly recognized contributions to the built environment of today. The lecture will take place on June 3, 2008 at 7 pm at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C.

Jean Nouvel was announced to be the Pritzker Prize Laureate of 2008. The prize, which includes 100.000 US-Dollars and a bronze medal, is annually awarded by the Hyatt Foundation. The 62 year-old French architect will officially receive the highest architectural honor on June 2nd, 2008 in Washington D.C..

A new 75-story tower designed by the architect Jean Nouvel for a site next to the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown promises to be the most exhilarating addition to the skyline in a generation. Its faceted exterior, tapering to a series of crystalline peaks, suggests an atavistic preoccupation with celestial heights.