Jean Nouvel Latest Starchitect to Have a Project Meet a Scalpel

Norman Foster‘s been through it, Frank Gehry has seen it happen, and it’s been such a common thing over the years that there’s even a phrase used to describe it: “accidental architecture.” So while starchitect Jean Nouvel is the latest to see a project of his cut down by a number of floors, we’re hoping that he realizes that he’s in good company and shouldn’t feel too terribly about the alteration. In this case, it’s Nouvel’s MoMA-adjacent Hines