When it comes to explaining the success of his 30-year career creating luxurious modern residences, retail stores, and hotels, the American architect Peter Marino is fond of paraphrasing burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee’s line: “Everybody’s got to have a gimmick.”
Marino’s own “gimmick” is the ability to integrate his rigorous architectural training at Cornell with an encyclopaedic knowledge of fine arts that places him in a unique position to curate…
Source : South China Morning Post
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