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Opéra de Lyon

The Opéra de Lyon in Lyon, France, is the home of the Opéra National de Lyon. The original opera house was re-designed by the distinguished French architect, Jean Nouvel between 1985 and 1993 in association with the agency of scenography dUCKS scéno and the acoustician Peutz. Serge Dorny was appointed general director in 2003.

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1831

Lyon, Lyon, France

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Jean Nouvel

Born 1945 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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Jean Nouvel is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l'Architecture, France’s first labor union for architects. He has obtained a number of prestigious distinctions over the course of his career, including the Aga Khan Award for A…

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Ateliers Jean Nouvel

practice · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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