| 1945: |
He was
born in 1945 in France |
| 1966: |
Admitted first in the Entrance examination for the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts. |
| 1967-1970: |
Assistant to Claude Parent and Paul Virilio. |
| 1970-1972: |
Associates with François Seigneur |
| 1970-1971: |
Wins competition for site Naturelle creation architectural. |
| 1972-1981: |
Associates with Gilbert Lézénès and François Seigneur |
| 1972: |
Receives diploma from The Ecole des Beaux-Arts |
| 1976: |
Co-Founder of the French architects movement March 1976 |
| 1977: |
Co-Founder of the Syndicat de l'architecture and contributes to the organization of the international competition for the Halles district in Paris |
| 1978: |
Founder and Artistic Counselor of the Architecture Bienniale |
| 1981-1984: |
Associates with Gilbert Lézénès and Pierre Soria |
| 1981: |
Wins competition for the Arab world institute, one of the great projects ordered by former president François Mitterand |
| 1984-1989: |
Founder of Jean Nouvel et Associés (Jean Nouvel, Jean-Marc Ibos, Myrto Vitart, Emmanuel Blamont) |
| 1989-1994: |
Founder of JNEC (Jean Nouvel et Emmanuel Cattani) |
| 1994: |
Establishes Ateliers Jean Nouvel |