I just read this article in The Architect’s Journal by Max Thompson called “Pritzker Prize winner Jean Nouvel talks ‘clone’ architecture with the AJ.”
What do you think your legacy will be?
A testimonial of an attitude – an epoch. I am very different from a lot of architects who use always the same typologies, the same materials and techniques. This is not a criticism, but I am the opposite.When you travel round the world you meet all the clones. All these buildings always the same, they have no roots. I fight against generic designs for specific architecture – that will be my legacy.
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