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ARCHITECTURE   |  Buildings for recreational activities 
 Auditoriums and music centres 
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                                    | El Croquis 65/66, 1998 [Jean Nouvel 1987-1998], 3rd revised edition, pp. 170-185 | 
                                   
								  								  
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                                    "Opera house", A+U. Architecture and Urbanisme 280, january 1994, pp. 90-143  "Lyon opera house, Lyon, France", A+U. Architecture and Urbanisme 280, january 1994, pp. 118-143 (90-143) | 
                                   
								  								  
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                                    | Paul Vermeulen, "Een spel van verleiding: Nouvel Opera te Lyon / A seductive game: Nouvel Opera, Lyon", Archis 1/1994, januari/january 1994, pp. 38-43 | 
                                   
								  								  
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                                    Jacques Lucan, "Jean Nouvel: elogio del chiaroscuro", Domus 752, settembre/september 1993, pp. 33-34 (33-45) Antonio Martinelli (photo), "Jean Nouvel. Teatro dell'Opera a Lione", Domus 752, settembre/september 1993, pp. 35-45 (33-45) | 
                                   
								  								  
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                                    | Jacques Lucan, "L'Opera de Lyon / The Opera at Lyon", Moniteur Architecture AMC 44, septembre/september 1993, pp. 44-49 | 
                                   
								  								  
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                                    | "Expanded opera house is a performance unto itself", Architectural Record 7/1993, july 1993, p. 26 | 
                                   
								  								  
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                                    | Denis Picard, "Nouvel au coeur de Lyon / Nouvel in the heart of Lyon", Connaissance des arts 497, juillet-août/july-august 1993, pp. 28-35 | 
                                   
								  								  
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                                    | Francis Rambert, Jean-Pierre Cousin, "Opera de Lyon: les coulisses de l'exploit / Opera de Lyon: behind the scenes", D'A. D'Architectures 36, juin/june 1993, pp. 8-10 | 
                                   
								  								  
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                                    "Construire en centre ancien / Building in an ancient town centre", Architecture intérieure. CREE 254, juin-juillet/june-july 1993, pp. 100-131 "Opera de Lyon, Lyon", Architecture intérieure. CREE 254, juin-juillet/june-july 1993, pp. 118-131 (100-131) | 
                                   
								  								  
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                                    | "Opera de Lyon la modernità dentro e fuori il teatro / Lyon Opera House modernity inside and out", L'Arca 26, aprile/april 1989 [L'edificio integrato / Building science], "l'Arca2", p. 100 | 
                                   
								                                   
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