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Torre Glòries

The Torre Glòries, formerly known as Torre Agbar, is a 38-story skyscraper located between Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Badajoz, near Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, which marks the gateway to the new technological district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel in association with the Spanish firm b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos and built by Dragados. The Torre Glòries is lo…

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El Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou, El Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou, Spain

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Torre Glòries in El Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou, Spain

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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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