French architect Jean Nouvel, has received architecture’s top honor, the Pritzker Prize. At age 62, Nouvel is the second Frenchman to take the prize - Christian de Portzamparc won in 1994.

While many agree that Nouvel’s designs have no readily identifiable signature, each is strikingly distinctive.

Imagine such diverse projects as Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theater, Arab World Institute in Paris, Agbar Tower in Barcelona, KKL cultural and congress center in Lucerne, New York’s 40 Mercer, the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, a concert hall for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, as well as Parisian designs - Quai Branly Museum and Philharmonie concert hall.