'But Zaha is in there - is that because she's British?'

摘要

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?"