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Wondrous Residential
Design
Iconic residential designs that
draw architecture pilgrims
to France include the E-1027
in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
(p527). Completed in 1929, this
diaphanous, light-drenched
villa is consid ered a Modernist
masterpiece. Light also
plays a star ring role in Pierre
Chareau’s Maison de Verre
(31 rue Saint-Guillaume) in
Paris, which boasts a stunning
transparent façade.

The striking modernist
villa E-1027, designed
by Eileen Grey

Visitors exploring the
spectacular MuCEM
in Marseille

JEAN NOUVEL:
GALLIC MODERNIST
By “dematerializing”
space in unexpected
ways, Jean Nouvel's
buildings break moulds.
The first building by
this celebrated architect
to gain international
acclaim was the Institut
de Monde Arabe (www.
imarabe.org) in Paris; its The striking façade
façade – inspired by the of La Fondation Louis
latticework windows Vuitton in Paris
of traditional Arabic
architecture – is covered Extraordinary Exhibition Spaces
in mechanical “oculi” Architect Rudy Ricciotti described his design for the MuCEM
that open and close in museum (p528) in Marseille as a building of “stone, water and
response to sunlight. wind”. The stunning seafront museum is encased in a filigree
Nouve was awarded skin that filters gorgeous light into the galleries. At night, it is
the prestigious Pritzker dramatically illuminated by Yann Kersalé’s light installations.
Architecture prize Paris is home to La Fondation Louis Vuitton (p150), which con-
in 2008. tains a world-class contemporary art collection and occupies
an undulating, glass-and-titanium edifice by Frank Gehry.
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