AGE: 61
OCCUPATION: Architect
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: Acclaimed French architect who designed the infamous Musée de Quai Branly in France and the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Last month it was announced that he will design a new Louvre museum to open in Abu Dhabi sometime after 2012.
CON: Some argue his guiding principle that every new situation requires a new architecture has prevented any one influential style to emerge.