IMA Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris, France)

Islamic NEW Architecture 

Arab World Institute in Paris, France  by Pritzker Prize-Winning Architect Jean Nouvel

Built between 1981 and 1987, the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA), or the Arab World Institute, is a museum for Arabian art. Symbols from from Arabian culture combine with high-tech glass and steel.

The Arab World Institute has two faces. On the north side, facing the river, the building is sheathed in glass which is etched with a white ceramic image of the adjacent skyline. On the south side, the wall is covered with what seems to be moucharabieh, the kind of latticed screens found on patios and balconies in Arab countries. The screens are actually grids of automated lenses used to control light. 

 

Architect Jean Nouvel

New monument of Manhattan's West Side

A new monument of Manhattan`s West Side in New York has become a sky scraper by well-known french architect Jean Nouvel. 

Construction of the facade captures attention at first glance; the window frames are accentuated looking scattered. In reality, 20 smaller functional windows are situated on one big panel. Walls were really designed from the inside out. A typical floor is composed by seven megapanels and each of them corresponds to a room. The biggest room has fabulous view on the street. Steel was used for the exterior, while the interior was treated with a layer of silver anodized aluminum. Various glass coatings add another layer of depth of light.