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Most Advanced Adaptive Facade System

Holder
Institut du Monde Arabe (architect Jean Nouvel)
Country
France
Date
1987
Location
France

About this record

Jean Nouvel's Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, completed in 1987, features a facade of 240 mechanical light-responsive apertures, an early landmark in adaptive building skins.