+ From: "Architexturez." <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+ Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:45:52 +0530
‘But Zaha is in there – is that because she’s British?’
2007 Issue 09
By Vikki Miller
Making the news The founding partners of Herzog & de Meuron may not have made Building’s Hall of Fame but with a RIBA gold medal and two major projects their luck is changing in the UK
Jacques Herzog is cross.
“Why are we not in your Building Hall of Fame?” the superstar architect demands, flicking through the magazine in front of him, frown spreading.
Glasses off, the founding partner of Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron is holding the magazine a few centimetres from his face, poring over the pictures of those who have made it.
“But Zaha is in there. Is she British? Is that why she is in?” he barks, his fluent English heavily accented with French.
When told that yes, actually, she is, Herzog harrumphs and moves on to another victim. “Sir Stuart Lipton. Why is he there but we are not?”
Should Herzog & de Meuron be on the list, then? Herzog sighs and says resignedly: “No, if it’s a British list we can’t be there.”
cont'd....
http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=657&storycode=3082387&c=2
2007 Issue 09
By Vikki Miller
Making the news The founding partners of Herzog & de Meuron may not have made Building’s Hall of Fame but with a RIBA gold medal and two major projects their luck is changing in the UK
Jacques Herzog is cross.
“Why are we not in your Building Hall of Fame?” the superstar architect demands, flicking through the magazine in front of him, frown spreading.
Glasses off, the founding partner of Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron is holding the magazine a few centimetres from his face, poring over the pictures of those who have made it.
“But Zaha is in there. Is she British? Is that why she is in?” he barks, his fluent English heavily accented with French.
When told that yes, actually, she is, Herzog harrumphs and moves on to another victim. “Sir Stuart Lipton. Why is he there but we are not?”
Should Herzog & de Meuron be on the list, then? Herzog sighs and says resignedly: “No, if it’s a British list we can’t be there.”
cont'd....
http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=657&storycode=3082387&c=2
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