Congratulations to French architect Jean Nouvel, who has just been announced as the winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2008. This proves a bit of a boon for our friends over at Dezeen, who only last month gave Jean the honour of being their Featured Architect. Proof, were it needed, of their good taste. Also, it's probably quite nice for Mr Nouvel, whose eye-catching design for the Philharmonic Hall in Paris, below, is currently a work in progress. He was chosen for Pritzker Laureate because of his 'creative experimentation and buildings that speak to their surroundings' the jury said. Thomas J. Pritzker,...
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