All Life class articles – Page 4
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Review
Fran Balaam ‘I’m a frustrated medic’
The Pie director on Jerusalem, hospital design and lost literary classics
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Christina Norton ‘Each loss results in a lesson’
The director of Fluid on Alvar Aalto, Athens and the AA
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Tony Fretton ‘The best clients are all women’
The founding director of Tony Fretton Architects on James Gowan, Louis Kahn and Lina Bo Bardi
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Tomas Klassnik ‘I’d like to duel with Borromini’
The founder of the London-based Klassnik Corporation on 17th century Rome, space stations and predictability
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Allan Sylvester ‘It’s hard to beat London’
The director of Ullmayer Sylvester Architects on Paris, multitasking and a lack of love for the Smithsons
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William Mann ‘Glasgow got me started’
The director of Witherford Watson Mann Architects on Eric Parry, Émile Zola and drawing anything and everything
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Fergus Feilden ‘I find the Shard lacks soul’
The co-founder of Feilden Fowles Architects on Berlin, treehouses and the Shard’s cold shoulder
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Josep Lluís Mateo ‘My best project is the next one’
The Mateo Arquitectura in Barcelona principal on Barcelona, Reyner Banham and Brad Mehldau jazz
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Bernard Khoury ‘I don’t like architecture books’
The founder of DW5 on Damascus, converting the Vatican and the B018 music club
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Cristina Monteiro: ‘I learnt the importance of generosity’
The DK-CM director on her practice’s Folk in a Box project, Robert Mull and the Red House in Bexleyheath
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Multimedia
Life Class with Ole Scheeren
Ole Scheeren on Rem Koolhaas, Beijing and growing up dismantling buildings
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Ole Scheeren ‘I deeply respect Rem’s work’
The partner at Buro Ole Scheeren on Rem Koolhaas, Beijing and architects’ terrible mistakes
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John Assael: ‘Barcelona has got everything’
The Assael co-founder on Victorian London, social housing and the polarisation of the architectural profession
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Bjarke Ingels ‘Koolhaas is our Le Corbusier’
The founder of Bjarke Ingels Group on cartooning, Copenhagen and not asking a mother to choose between her children
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Dirk Somers ‘I love the exotic side of the everyday’
The director of Antwerp-based practice Bovenbouw on school headmasters, Tokyo and urban aspirations
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Features
Paul Stallan: ‘My dens have just got bigger’
The design director of Stallan Brand on Batman’s batcave, Primal Scream and Gordon Benson
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Features
David van Severen ‘I am a frustrated modernist’
The director of Office Kersten Geers David van Severen on Congo by David Van Reybrouck, Rem Koolhaas and doing a lot with almost nothing
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Robin Lee: ‘I’m a frustrated visual artist’
The Robin Lee Architecture principal on Mitterrand’s Grands Projets, Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy and Tony Fretton
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Features
Richard Murphy: 'I hate sustainability posturing'
The founder director at Richard Murphy Architects on his British HIgh Commission in Sri Lanka, Patrick White’s The Tree of Man and Lego
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Carolyn Trevor: 'I enjoy the concept stage’
The Trevor Lahiff Architects founding partner on Venice, Oscar Wilde and Snow Patrol