This past week I was at the MIPIM Devel­op­ers Con­fer­ence in Cannes, France rep­re­sent­ing a client. With my suit on, busi­ness cards ready and a dose of cap­i­tal­ist oppor­tunism in tow, the pavil­ions and stands became my play­ground. It was great to see inside the world of top-​level deci­sion makers – investors, devel­op­ers, builders, lawyers, and the like. Of course the high­lights are surely the sea­side ter­races that serve up fine drinks and hors-d’oeuvres. Check out the selec­tion of models on our FLICKR site, some of them will make you barf — espe­cially the Krasnodar Region. Why are they so out of touch?

It turns out that MIPIM had a record number of vis­i­tors – 25.000. No doubt, when you see the list of topics, you’ll be very impressed: Prop­erty: An asset class / Prop­erty: A chang­ing world / Prop­erty: A regional focus. What every­one was really after was the Daniel Libe­skind keynote lecture… enti­tled none-​other than: “World Archi­tec­ture Trends”. What to think about this title and his recent work? Per­haps we can deduce: World Archi­tec­ture is now about com­mer­cial­ism, oppor­tunism, weak theory and get­ting up all around the world. Sounds so glam­orous, no?

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