serge lutens' house in located in the heart of marrakech's medina. lutens designed virtually everything, "you could call it an obsession", says lutens of the house, which has been under construction for the past 35 years. the reclusive lutens doesn't even sleep here; he spends most of his time in a small studio outside town. the house "chased me out" he says. he wonders whether, like a writer who's terrified of finishing his novel, he has sometimes invented excuses to stave off the project's inevitable end. "there are times where you just have to be completely occupied," he says, "otherwise you fall apart." (from w magazine)