Ian Martin. Preserving the ruins of our heritage, reviving the ruins of our high streets

摘要

This week's hot ticket is a lecture by Swiss architect Echter Author, who has just won the Spritzer Prize for Consummate Craftsmanship in the Service of Epic Space.rnAs he advances carefully to the microphone he looks every inch the sombre architect-genius, from his bamboo spectacles to his contoured clogs. Using a charming, rackety old wooden carousel he shows slides of the work that has propelled him very, very slowly to the top of his profession.rnA leading member of the so-called International Wooden School, he yields to no one in his love for wood. 'See here, my bathroom is wood. The bath, the basin, even my little shower cap. All is wood. Wood, wood, wood...'