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Geneva people rejects Jean Nouvel’s museum extension

Switzerland Architecture News - Mar 02, 2016 - 22:00   5100 views

Geneva people rejects Jean Nouvel’s museum extension

Poster for the campaign against Jean Nouvel’s planned extension of the Musée d’art et d’histoire in Geneva. © Exem

The people of Geneva have narrowly rejected a controversial plan to extend and renovate the city’s Musée d’Art et d’Histoire by the French architect Jean Nouvel. The “non” camp won the public vote on 28 February with 54%. Ateliers Jean Nouvel in Paris designed the planned extension, which was approved by Geneva’s municipal council last May, in collaboration with the local firms Architectures Jucker and DVK Architectes.....Continue Reading

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