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“I once got a postcard from a French poet who wrote - "you don't know me but I'm always very grumpy when I get up in morning. But when I get up now I put the tea kettle on, and when it starts to sing it makes me smile - goddamn you!" That's what happened when we first designed it - we got a lot of mail.”

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Michael Graves

Michael Graves, an American architect, was born on July 9, 1934, and passed away on March 12, 2015. He is renowned for his unique modernist style and public building projects, including the expansion of the Library of Congress. Graves is highly respected in the architectural community and was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize. more

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