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In the numbing hands of pretentious filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, history does not repeat itself in any way whatsoever.

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Peter Zumthor

I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space.

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I need a close contact to the client, whoever it is, and a commitment of the client to go out and do a process together. I want to do the best for him. I need his respect and his patience. I want to work with a sophisticated person who's interested in a good building and not in my name.

Commitment, Names, Together, Interested, Good, Patience

I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.

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There is still a real need for good quality architecture, not paper architecture, but the real stuff.

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Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go. . . it's just I want to work the way I want to work. In my shop, you can order certain things and other things you cannot. They are not available.

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The bottom line may be that my inventing buildings is, indeed, a very private kind of activity. But it's done to be shared. It is comforting and consoling. From the reactions I get I can see I'm not doing something strange.

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