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"Jean Nouvel of Paris, France has been chosen as the 2008 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The formal ceremony for what has come to be known throughout the world as architecture’s highest honor was held on June 2, 2008, in Washington, D.C. at the Library of Congress. A $100,000 grant and a bronze medallion was bestowed on the 62-year old architect. Jean Nouvel, Paris. (b. 12 Aug. 1945)
The "Endless Bridge to nowhere" between the fourth and fifth floors of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis is the "longest cantilever of occupied space" in the world, equivalent to fourteen stories in length and taking more steel than required to build the Eiffel Tower. The effect is certainly amazing, voking a sense of wonder.Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MNThe Guthrie Theatre follows Nouvel's acclaimed Culture and Congress Centre in Lucerne, Switzerland, opened in 1998. Situated on the picturesque Vierwaldstättersee shore, the facility is also known by the acronym of its German name, KKL (Kultur-und Kongresszentrum Luzern). It also contains a large scale concert hall, as well as museum and exhibition space, meeting rooms, restaurants, and a rehearsal hall. A flat floor auditorium with one balcony, Lucerne Hall can seat 900 people with the use of telescopic seating. The hall is complete with a stagehouse and rigging systems for theatrical events, trade presentations, and audio-visual presentations. The hall can also ccommodate a wide variety of popular and folk music, as well as smaller classical recitals. The flat floor style of the hall is equally suited to concerts with standing audience, anquets, and cabaret theater. The rear wall of Lucerne Hall can open up to the lobby and, in turn, to the outside, to accommodate much larger flat-floor events such as rock concerts and exhibitions."
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