MOJNDAY. Idea for the restoration of a 'historic train station': start calling it a railway station again. TUESDAY. To Switzerland, where I'm presenting my design for a 'last chance saloon'. It's actually more of an upmarket bar, and will provide a welcome touch of glamour in an otherwise pretty utilitarian suicide clinic. It's neo-Classical obviously - the client wants 'firmitas, gravitas, dignitas'. Fluted pilasters round the walls. Acanthus leaves. Scenes from the Iliad in hi-def watercolours, etc. But there are cheeky touches of humour to lighten the mood for those with a one-way ticket to oblivion. Bistro blackboards with 'bar meals to die for'. A nautical bell that sounds last orders every quarter of an hour, round the clock. Exit signs everywhere.
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