I don't like the idea that one hotel could be better than another. In any city, I try to find a hotel that has the identity of that place - Claridge's in London, the Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In… — Jean Nouvel Copy Share
The task of the architect is to encompass everything about the site, starting from the concrete conditions and the sensory impressions created by those,… — Jean Nouvel Copy Share Image
Architecture exists, like cinema, in the dimension of time and movement — Jean Nouvel Copy Share Image
I don't like the idea that one hotel could be better than another. In any city, I try to find a hotel that has the identity of that place - Claridge's in London, the Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In New York, I stay at the Mercer Hotel; it is so much in the character of SoHo. — Jean Nouvel Copy Share
I generally hate the luxury modern apartment with too many things out of sight and so clean you cannot touch. — Jean Nouvel Copy Share Image
The best engineer a few decades ago was someone who could create the most beautiful beam or structure; today it's to do a structure… — Jean Nouvel Copy Share Image
If there was a fire at my house I would throw more things on it. The only thing I would take out? Myself! — Jean Nouvel Copy Share Image
My interest has always been in an architecture which reflects the modernity of our epoch as opposed to the rethinking of historical references. My… — Jean Nouvel Copy Share Image
Space, space: architects always talk about space! But creating a space is not automatically doing architecture. With the same space, you can make a… — Jean Nouvel Copy Share Image
