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My interest has always been in an architecture which reflects the modernity of our epoch as opposed to the rethinking of historical references. My work deals with what is happening now—our techniques and materials, what we are capable of doing today.

Jean Nouvel

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Jean Nouvel
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 12
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