French architect Jean Nouvel recently snagged the world's top architecture award. The $100,000 Pritzker Prize recognizes Nouvel's talents, as demonstrated by buildings such as the Lyon Opera House and the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art. In just the last year, Nouvel's firm has announced plans for a new Louvre in Abu Dhabi; a 23-story condominium dubbed the "Vision Machine" on New York's West Side Highway, as well as the Tour de Terre tower further uptown, next door to MoMA; a philharmonic hall for the Parc de la Villette in Paris; and a luxury condominium in Los Angeles. The architect also designed the bottle for Yves Saint Laurent's new L'Homme cologne. Meanwhile, Nouvel announced his first building in London.