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Favorite destination
Round trip between New York and Buenos Aires
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Guilty pleasure
Never had one
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Product of the moment
Recycled chopsticks
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Greatest lesson learned
Listening and observing people
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Space I love but didn’t design
Four Seasons Restaurant, New York
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Hospitality because
The people and its unpredictability
If I weren’t a designer I’d be
A public servant
Motto
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” -Gandhi
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Projects on the boards
Andaz Tokyo; Chancery Court, London; Grand Hyatt Chengdu; Mandarin Oriental restaurants, Taipei; InterContinentals in Geneva and Cairo; Ritz-Carlton Millennia Singapore; and the Park Hyatt Moscow
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Recently completed projects
Andaz 5th Avenue, New York; CUT Steakhouse by Wolfgang Puck, Singapore; Grand Hyatts in Berlin and Bangkok; and the Park Hyatt Shanghai (pictured)
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Travel wish
No passport
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Can’t live without
A cell phone
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Dream project
Every project
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A perfect day
Designing and drawing all day
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Architect or designer I’d like to have met
The late Philip Johnson
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