The project is as much about the people who once lived and worked in the places Margaine documents as the architecture. “They write the story themselves – it gives more value to the document,” he says. “The people who have worked in the building make it live again, they complete the story with their memories, their photos.” This image shows the bedroom belonging to Karl Kraft, who opened a urology surgery on the ground floor of his home in 1931. His wife Hildegard remained there until 2006, and it is now derelict. According to the book, “The obviously abandoned site is visited by more or less respectful strangers. While some are content to take pictures, others move, disturb or take away decorations that Hildegard had acquired, such as a screen by Leonor Fini. The former Kraft home now looks more like a film set than the noble residence it once was.”