Lunch is an important ritual in his workday, a discussion lubricated by copious amounts of wine. Often, it’s the first time his staff gets to see him, since he spends mornings in solitude. “I wake up, perform my little ablutions, then get back into bed with my eye mask on and my earplugs in, and I work. I imagine. I visualize. I create a film in my head.” — nymag.com
The Grand Monsieur of French architecture talks openly to New York magazine's Justin Davidson about current projects — like the Louvre Abu Dhabi, National Museum of Qatar, National Art Museum of China, and the 53 West 53rd Street "MoMA Tower" in New York — as well as the immense frustration with his/not his Philharmonie de Paris (“he still despairs at all the corners cut, the mediocre workmanship, the design details that have been quashed, making the façade seem jittery and indistinct”).
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Oooh what a colossal douche! But a cute one...
see - no pencil necessary - just imagination.
His work is too harsh and unforgiving in person.
Please, make films and not buildings.
He looks like the character from the animated movie "Despicable Me"
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