Press, talks, and modernism

My love affair with modernism began in an architectural history class. While my classmates scrambled for familiar movements like Art Deco and Renaissance, I ended up with the Bauhaus, simply because no one else wanted it. That chance assignment changed everything. I fell in love with the clarity, the intent, and the enduring relevance of modernism.

What I didn’t realize at the time was how deeply connected I already was to it. As a child, I lived in several architect-designed modernist homes, unaware of their significance until years later. My professional path took an unexpected but formative turn when I worked in Venice. After the economic downturn in the late 1980s cost me a high-profile hotel design job, I chose to pursue work in a city that had touched my soul.

In Venice, I immersed myself in restoration, working on buildings with profound historical value. It shifted my perspective. I realized that while commercial interiors might last five to seven years, conserving architecture was a legacy that could endure generations.