Zitat des Tages von Annabelle Selldorf:
The secret of good architecture is having more than meets the eye.
All clients think that they are architects.
I think when you look at architectural photography it doesn't help to have piles of old clothes lying on the floor. Architectural photography sets up an artifice.
I'm inspired by looking at art, by looking at precedent. Looking is what you have to do if you want to make things, so you develop a critical eye.
One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings.
There isn't any one material that's mine. It all depends on the context. For example, I did a house that had the most exquisite marble applications. That sounds ostentatious, but it wasn't, given the context. The color white I subscribe to extensively. I love thinking about color, but I often go with white.
So much of what makes a room great is how you enter and circulate through it, how it addresses the body.
I know I'm old-fashioned, but there's just something about the act of looking at books versus taking in information on a screen, which is so one-dimensional. There's a sense of ownership that you have with books, a physical connection.
To me, the nicest luxury would be to have a room where I could keep all my books in one place - and have space for more.