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The Proust Questionnaire: Herman Hertzberger

2017-10-24T09:00:00-04:00

Herman Hertzberger—one of the most important Dutch architects and theoreticians of the modern age known for his designs of housing complexes, offices and schools—takes our Proust Questionnaire and reveals some of his favorite architects, projects to work on, what architectural happiness means to him and more!

The Proust Questionnaire: Steven Holl

2017-10-10T09:00:00-04:00

This week, for our Proust Questionnaire, we are featuring answers from Archinect favorite Steven Holl, who discusses his love of hybrid buildings, enjoying one's work, and dying at the drawing board.

The Proust Questionnaire: Diana Agrest

2017-09-28T09:29:00-04:00

Diana Agrest is a practicing architect, urban designer, and theorist known for her unique and pioneering approach. She has been teaching since 1972—at Cooper Union, where she currently is, since 1977—and has been profiled as one of 50 Great Teachers by NPR.

Read her answers to our Proust Questionnaire below to find out her favorite architect, both living and dead, her favorite type of project, her greatest indulgence and more!

The Proust Questionnaire: Patrik Schumacher

2017-09-12T10:45:00-04:00

The high priest of parametricism, Patrik Schumacher, endures our personality quiz and talks cacti, Google, and everyone's favorite British-sculptor, Anish Kapoor.

The Proust Questionnaire: Caroline Bos

2017-08-31T10:30:00-04:00

For our latest installment of the Proust Questionnaire, Dutch architect and co-founder of UNStudio, Caroline Bos, remarks on Dutch directness, the land artist Andy Goldsworthy, and the fact that UNStudio has surprisingly, yet to contribute to the New York skyline!

We have previously included Ben van Berkel, fellow founder of UNStudio, in our series here.

The Proust Questionnaire: Ricardo Scofidio

2017-08-15T12:15:00-04:00

Ricardo Scofidio, the architect and provocateur, takes our Proust Questionnaire and jokes about his terrible color sense.

The Proust Questionnaire: Benedetta Tagliabue

2017-08-01T09:00:00-04:00

Today, we are getting up close and personal with Benedetta Tagliabue, the director of Barcelona-based practice Miralles Tagliabue EMBT. The Italian architect, known for her attention to context and the poeticism in her work, also happens to be a member of the Pritzker jury, a RIBA Stirling Prize winner, and the proud owner of an Argentinian parrot!

The Proust Questionnaire: Bernard Khoury

2017-07-18T09:28:00-04:00

Not many would cite a Home Depot in the Vatican building as a dream project, but it's precisely this attitude that has made Lebanese-architect Bernard Khoury known as an unpredictable visionary. For this installment of our Proust Questionnaire, the maverick talks pistachios, style, and the elegance of a pole dancer.

The Proust Questionnaire: Eric Owen Moss

2017-07-04T13:40:00-04:00

For this week's Proust Questionnaire, we're talking with the Los Angeles-based architect Eric Owen Moss who admits to relying too much on the enigmatic and (yet) would like to build on the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro or the bottom of the ocean.

The Proust Questionnaire: Craig Dykers

2017-06-20T11:54:00-04:00

Craig Dykers, of the international practice Snøhetta, takes our Proust Questionnaire and has some difficulty picking favorites!

The Proust Questionnaire: Deborah Berke

2017-06-06T11:56:00-04:00

Architect and dean of the Yale School of Architecture, Deborah Berke talks engaging with art and culture, lacking an architectural signature and her love of repetition for this iteration of the Proust Questionnaire.

The Proust Questionnaire: Kengo Kuma

2017-05-23T12:06:00-04:00

Kengo Kuma, the prominent architect and writer known for blending modernist approaches with traditional Japanese values, reveals his love for the color white, his desire to learn the piano, and his fondness for designing sacred spaces in this iteration of Archinect's recurring series The Proust Questionnaire.

The Proust Questionnaire: Francine Houben

2017-05-09T12:02:00-04:00

For this week's Proust Questionnaire, we talked with the Delft-based architect Francine Houben, co-founder of Mecanoo, 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.

The Proust Questionnaire: Peter Eisenman

2017-04-25T12:06:00-04:00

For this iteration of the Proust Questionnaire, we're talking with the noted theorist and architect Peter Eisenman, who reflects on having not written a book, disliking Scandinavian buildings, and Charlie Brown. With this one, we changed up the questions a bit, per Eisenman's request.

The Proust Questionnaire: Fernando Romero

2017-04-11T13:20:00-04:00

Every other week, we get personal with a major architect for our new series the Proust Questionnaire. For this week's iteration, we're talking with Fernando Romero, the OMA-trained architect who heads the Mexico City-based studio fr·ee.

The Proust Questionnaire: Farshid Moussavi

2017-03-29T12:09:00-04:00

The Proust Questionnaire is our new series in which we have well-known architects answer a series of unusual questions. A popular parlor game amongst the Victorian literate class, the questionnaire is believed to reveal the individual's true nature.

For this iteration, we talk with Farshid Moussavi, the highly in-demand British (by way of Iran) architect behind the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, Ohio, among other notable projects.

The Proust Questionnaire: Ben van Berkel

2017-03-14T12:00:00-04:00

You know their name and you know their architecture. But how much do you actually know about the people behind the architectural practice UNStudio?

In this iteration of the Proust Questionnaire, our new series profiling leading figures in architecture, we speak with Ben van Berkel, the Utrecht-born, award-winning architect. Like with our other Proust Questionnaires, the questions are a bit unusual for an architecture interview, oriented around the personal more than the professional.

The Proust Questionnaire: Thom Mayne

2017-02-14T12:06:00-05:00

You know their buildings—but how much do you know about the architects themselves? The Proust Questionnaire is a new series that gets up close and personal with some of the biggest names in the industry.

The Proust Questionnaire: Daniel Libeskind

2017-01-19T12:02:00-05:00

In architecture, the personal tends to be prohibited. "Starchitects” might have notoriously big personalities, but how much do we actually know about them? Enter the personality quiz, a favorite pastime of young adults and, as it turns out, the architect Daniel Libeskind, who agreed to be the first in our new series, the Proust Questionnaire.