Andrew Todd Tries to Lose Friends and Alienate People with Honesty and Candor

Andrew Todd, the rising-star protege of already-risen Jean Nouvel, isn’t trying to win any friends. Such is what we infer from this interview wherein he calls out both Frank Gehry and Daniel Libeskind, saying they “don’t add anything to a city” and referring to them as “airport architects,” in that they fly in, shake some hands, do a quick trademarked job, and then get out as fast at they can. It’s refreshingly honest and sort of like hearing from a non-crazy version of Philippe Starck.