dominique perrault : designboom interview

l: dominique perrault r: hotel hesperia, barcelona, spain

designboom met dominique perrault in milan on april 8, 2003.

was born in clermont ferrand in 1953 and now lives and works in paris.
he has been awarded various prizes, notably the great national
prize of architecture in 1996 and the mies van der rohe prize
for the national library in france in 1997.
furthermore, perrault is chevalier of the legion of honour,
member of the architecture academy, honourable member of
the german association of architects [BDA] and
an honorary fellow of the royal institute of british architects.

db: any advice for the young ?
we should plead for validity in architecture.
then we might get a more effective architecture, one to be
experienced by all, one that


interview in full here