2024-06-03T17:56:17-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150005616/the-proust-questionnaire-francine-houben Mackenzie Goldberg 2017-05-09T12:02:00-04:00 >2018-08-18T13:01:04-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2s/2s94k2lfrgx6wc4q.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>For this week's&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/features/tag/870072/proust-questionnaire" target="_blank">Proust Questionnaire</a>, we talked with the Delft-based architect Francine Houben, co-founder of <a href="http://archinect.com/mecanoo" target="_blank">Mecanoo</a>, and received some answers quite fitting for a Netherlander. Her favorites flowers? Tulips. Her favorite poet? Ramsey Nasr. Read on to find out what else makes Houben tick.</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/148987999/when-designing-for-money-breaks-the-bank-architecture-mold Julia Ingalls 2016-03-25T13:26:00-04:00 >2016-07-16T12:31:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hs/hs6ruluyd15zpoqf.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Think bank architecture and its associated headquarters and you may find yourself stultified by visions of doric columns, artless atriums, and bland corporate highrises. However, these six structures by prominent practitioners are a survey of the unusual and intriguing. Here&rsquo;s what each financial institution says about its social/historical context, as well as the role of money at that time.</p>