According to a report in Architectural Record, Jean Nouvel has headed off a cluster of high-profile starchitects, including Zaha Hadid and Frank Gehry, for the design of a mega-sized new building for the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. It is the most prominent of a trio of three buildings (the others are a museum devoted to arts and crafts and a sinology museum) being planned for the site next to the Herzog & de Meuron-designed Bird's Nest. The competing architects were reportedly told to aim for a building "so iconic that one day people will say the Birds Nest is next to it."
Image: Jean Nouvel's Louvre, Abu Dhabi
