I felt a loss today. My friend, mentor, and colleague fell off over the weekend and died. Fred was a great architect, had been one for forty years. He was somebody who looked at and designed architecture with passion. His hotel downtown is of the most beautiful architecture I’ve ever known. His presence and spirit will always be with me and continue to inspire me through that. I am proud and honored to be the one of the last youngest designers to work with him for the last two years. Another character of him that will deeply influence me was his frankness to everyone around him. No words can ever describes the depth and value of the experiences together with him, so I just want to say, thank you.