Jean Nouvel sues to stop €170.6 million fine for late delivery of Paris Philharmonie


French architect Jean Nouvel is moving to sue the Paris Philharmonie following a 2017 ruling against the architect that levied a €170.6 million fine on him for delivering the the group's new €386 million performance hall project late and extremely over budget. 

View of the building's distinctive stainless steel metal panel-wrapped entry. Image courtesy of Wikimedia user Ninaras.

The project, which opened in 2015, was originally budgeted to come in at €173 million, but was delivered more than two years late due to construction delays and on-site design changes that Nouvel says "martyred" and "sabotaged" the project. 

According to a report in The Guardian, Nouvel's lawyers explained that the fines are "'unprecedented in the world of architecture' and amounted to a death sentence for Nouvel’s studio."

View of the Philharmonie's performance hall. Image courtesy of Flickr user Forgemind Archimedia. 

Nouvel's studio, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, according to the report, added that the claim being ...

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