Architectural Digest’s April 2009 edition has an article we think shows some truly generous architecture. Bernard Wharton exhibits a humility rarely found in our profession as he funds a community center in one of Nairobi’s many slums. He didn’t design it; he wouldn’t even let them name it after him…
“They wanted to name it the Bernard Wharton and Jennifer Walsh Building,” Wharton notes, “but we said absolutely not. That was never what it was about: It was about the Kenyan people, their traditions and future. We were there to assist and advise, not to put our stamp on anything—and, frankly, part of the problem with Africa is the people who’ve gone in and had to have their way.”
Props to Bernard Wharton and his wife. You can check it out online here.
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