Jean Nouvel, winner of the 2008 Pritzker Prize , is widely regarded asFrance's most original and important contemporary architect. From 1967 to 1970, he assisted the influential architects Claude Parent and Paul Virilio before creating his own practice in Paris. His first largely acclaimed project w...

Jean Nouvel, winner of the 2008 Pritzker Prize , is widely regarded asFrance's most original and important contemporary architect. From 1967 to 1970, he assisted the influential architects Claude Parent and Paul Virilio before creating his own practice in Paris. His first largely acclaimed project was theArab World Institutein Paris (1981-87). Since then, he has completed such grand projects as theFondation Cartierin Paris, theReina Sofìa Museum in Madrid, thePhilharmonie de Paris, and theLouvre Abu Dhabi. His recent work includes the 82-story53W53 Tower in New York, theDuo Towersin Paris, and theShanghai Pudong Art Museum.

Based on the massive XXL monograph from 2008, this widelyupdated editionbrings the architect'sdefinitive career overviewto one volume. The result is a nearly800-page tomewith more than25 recent projectsandnew photoscommensurate with Jean Nouvel's inimitable talent, which highlights milestone projects, among them hisSerpentine Gallery Pavilionin London, as well as works in progress such as the spectacularSharaan Desert Resort , a hotel carved into sandstone rock in the Al-'Ula desert in Saudi Arabia.