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“I live in a loft in a building I designed, but for my dream house I'd get Frank Gehry, just to see what he'd do.” quote by Hugh Hardy — Download Open image

“I live in a loft in a building I designed, but for my dream house I'd get Frank Gehry, just to see what he'd do.”

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