#THE NOTE BOOK OF Fernando V Arteaga

Design Director

2 – When did you discover that you wanted to be an architect?

Ever since I was a child; my father is an architect.

3 – A reference in architecture…

The Vatican
4 – If you had not been architect, you would have been…

Carpenter.

5 – One defect and one virtue.

Perfectionist.

6 – What is your house like?

Dynamic and with open spaces.

7 – Sunday is a day for…

Pondering.

8 – A place to look for inspiration.

Nature.

9 – What is the last book that you have read?

The Silent Chinese Conquest, by Juan Pablo Cardenal and Heriberto Araujo.

10 – 15 Years from now…

Develop the market in South America.

11 – When you think of architecture you think of…

Experiences.

12 – Pencil or computer?

Pencil.

13 – How would you describe your work?

Dynamic.

14 – One project you would like to do.

A church.

15 – Your opinion of Spanish architecture.

Reliable and avant-garde.

16 – How do you keep your own style while meeting your customers’ needs?

By educating the customers.

17 – In architecture, what are you better at and what do you have more trouble with?

Designing, getting paid!

18 – Your recipe for success.

Passion.

19 – What is the role of natural products in your projects?

An increasingly more important role, thanks to the new environmental awareness.

20 – Your flagship L’Antic Colonial product is…

Stone!

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