Nouvel's department store in London

On October 17, 2005, Jean Nouvel presented to the public his project for a shopping center that is set to replace a block of buildings from the 1950s near St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The office and shopping center, costing 200 million pounds, called One New Change, will have 6-7 floors with a total area of 32,000 m². An east-west axis will run through the building, which is intended to offer a new and unusual view of the cathedral. Nouvel himself comments on the project: "The design of One New Change is about enriching the City with a new sort of modernity, one that reaches beyond itself to speak, to contemplate and to reveal the diverse character of its surroundings. It is a contemporary building which will set up a dialogue with St Paul's and the neighbouring buildings. The proposed design is calm and deferential to St Paul's Cathedral and provides a unique opportunity to bring the public into the site."