But famous architects and their publicists may not want to celebrate yet.

I said, If the architect wants to know, he can come and look and see for himself.

"The architect of the area wanted all houses to be identical," she says.

It's almost perverse, as if the architects wanted to be slightly wicked.

The most optimistic architects still want to pursue careers in their country.

Reading drawings and trying to figure out what the architect really wanted was a challenge.

The clients and architects wanted the hotel to "reflect the historic feel of the neighborhood."

But the architects did not want to build - and the clients couldn't afford - a house literally made of stone.

Kurokawa and other architects want to keep the building as an historic example.