‘The manipulation of
light and of layers
of transparency and
opacity are recurring
themes in Nouvel’s work’
– Pritzker citation
Right: One Central Park, Chippendale, Sidney, Australia: a series
of sustainable design strategies includes a motorised heliostat
fixed to the cantilever which captures sunlight and reflects it down
into the area of the park overshadowed by the tower
Overleaf: the Philharmonie de Paris, ‘an architecture of measured
and composed reflections created by a subtle relief of cast aluminium
paving that draws Escheresque patterns on the ground’