Jean Nouvel, the famed French architect, on Thursday lost a court battle against a £280 million Paris concert hall he designed but whose architecture he claimed had been "martyred" and "sabotaged".
Mr Nouvel boycotted the January opening of the Philharmonie de Paris, an ultra-modern building in the French capital's eastern Parc de La Vilette, accusing project managers of cutting corners to save money during its completion.
— telegraph.co.uk
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This is interesting...I would love to take a look at the docs...
Here's a nouvel idea: if your own work sucks, sue to have your name removed from it.
dude looks like dr evil.
Sorry guys, but that is one ugly building.
wait, is Jean Nouvel ripping off Tom Wiscombe?
Johnny Newboy
Tommy been there, done that virtually at some old district bank!
H&D we make Swiss candy like this!
M.C. Escher says layoff the knock off, i was there 100 years ago dreaming!
It's circular.
http://blog.archpaper.com/2015/04/french-architect-jean-nouvel-wins-lawsuit-against-controversial-philharmonie-de-paris/
somebody in the news dept clear this up. am i supposed to read EVERYTHING and make my own informed opinions here? WTF?
or is everything actually fucking circular?
boy, i dont know Classical Music.
These cries of outrage sure are rich coming from Jean Nouvel, who admitted to completely falsifying budget numbers for this project during the RFP stage.
https://www.nationalreview.com/nrd/articles/391465/architect-himself (paywall)
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