France, 1983. The biggest architectural competition in history is launched by the new socialist president, François Mitterrand. Coveted by all the biggest international architectural firms, the open-call competition is surprisingly won by an unknown: Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, an architecture teacher from Copenhagen. Until then, the fifty-year-old Dane had built only four buildings: his home, and three small chapels.

Claes Bang

Johan Otto von Spreckelsen

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Liv von Spreckelsen

Xavier Dolan

Jean-Louis Subilon

Swann Arlaud

Paul Andreu

Michel Fau

François Mitterrand

Jean des Forêts

Alain Juppé

Micha Lescot

Leloup

Alessandro Bressanello

Marble man

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