Mary Kennedy was "a tremendously gifted architect and a pioneer and relentless advocate of green design who enhanced her cutting edge, energy efficient creations with exquisite taste and style, " Robert F.

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The W is also centrally located next to the exquisite Beaux-Arts-style Opera Palais Garnier (ask for a room with a view of it) and easy access to several Metro lines.

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He did anything but make a spectacle of it: Exquisite tailoring, brilliant composition and searing hues formed a fitting tribute to her style.

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Whether or not he actually said "God is in the details, " the deceptive simplicity (nothing is more difficult than simplicity) of his rigorously stripped-down style -- "almost nothing, " in his own words again -- suffered a dizzying decline from exquisite to pedestrian to irredeemably banal in the hands of those who exploited it as a cheap, uncomplicated and highly profitable way to put up big commercial buildings.

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