This traditional expertise runs counter to modern standardization by emphasizing the role of the builder in the construction process and giving a creative impulse to the structures themselves.

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The conversation turns to the underpinnings of virtually all his creative work: "It boils down to construction, creating my own language from the inside out, but always keeping my signature, " he explains.

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