American - Architect | 1949 -
I've benefited enormously from an arts education and a music education in New York. When they cut the programs for funding, I was devastated.
Peter Marino
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Ginza! Where I've done two Chanel towers and Louis Vuitton and Dior stores. I just feel at home there.
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Koishikawa Korakuen Garden - one of Tokyo's oldest Japanese gardens, and one of the best spots for viewing the cherry blossoms.
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The Peninsula - it's a combination of great service and good design.
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Not enough people enjoy working with color, which delights and inspires me.
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What frustrates me is florists who put everything at the same size on the table. I like it when there's mountains and valleys.
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There's a very important aspect to all my work, now more than ever, which is tying the interior design and architecture with the art.
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I'm really a fighter against modernism equaling brutalism.
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I am very happy working for my European brands. My legacy isn't going to be a museum. Yet I would be very good at it. It's so painful. It's like everything - the same old guys - Herzog & de Meuron, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano - they don't pick original people.
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