Interview with Răzvan Lăzărescu

Răzvan Lăzărescu is a Romanian architect settled in France after 1990. Son of the reputed arch. Cezar Lăzărescu and arh. Ileana Lăzărescu. Grandson of Dr. Horia Slobozeanu. Arch. Cezar Lăzărescu, university professor, rector of the Institute of Architecture "Ion Mincu", the one who put his signature on many important buildings in Romania. Răzvan is married to arh. Carmen Lăzărescu, plastic artist. The discussion centered in particular around the work left by arch. Cezar Lăzărescu, but also about the reverberations on the personality of his son, Răzvan.

Mr. Architect Răzvan Lăzărescu, let's talk about Romanian architecture in your cozy apartment in the center of Paris. First of all, what do you remember from your youth in Bucharest?
I was born in 1954, in Bucharest, to two architect parents who were surrounded by architects. Architecture was a kind of air, not only as a necessity, but also as an abundance. As life and abundance. I don't know, if I'd been born of med