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Biography - Elisabeth Faure:

French architect.
Place of birth: Morocco

Right from the beginning, to me the point of architecture, has actually been to show people that even if you are poor, you do not need to live in misery.


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Quote source: La maison en A

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(French)



French
L'architecture pour moi, dès le départ, c'est vraiment de montrer aux gens qu'on peut être pauvre, mais qu'on n'est pas obligé de vivre dans la misère.




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