Sharif El-Gamal, CEO of real estate developer Soho Properties, announced today that his company acquired 49-51 Park Place from Consolidated Edison for $10.7 million. He also revealed that none other than Pritzker Prize-winning starchitect Jean Nouvel will be designing the site’s three-story Islam museum and prayer space. — 6sqft
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I wonder how much JN will garner type of phobic reaction? Btw, this was 4-5 years ago.
http://archinect.com/news/article/101582
Maybe Jean will make a comeback, i haven't been that excited about his work lately. In my opinion his best project was the Institute du Monde Arab. Just think of all the free press he will be getting for this project, every reason for him to push the envelope.
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