When you asked me how I was doing, was that some kind of joke?

Cleaning up various newspaper clippings from pre-2008 that documented the optimistic architectural projects of mid-decade, I found Coop Himmelb(l)au's design for the European Community's Central Bank in Frankfurt:



Having observed the number of other projects postponed or cancelled, I was a bit surprised to find from Wikipedia that as of this month the project is going full speed ahead:



Then I remembered whose building we are talking about.