Jean Nouvel

Pritzker Prize for Architecture Jean Nouvel Winner
Philip Ruault

Agbar Tower
Barcelona, Spain, 2005.
Nouvel says that geysers were an inspiration for the shape of the Agbar Tower, which houses a a local water company in Barcelona. But the building's plainly phallic shape has also been noticed by just about everybody.

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