art & architecture...a family story

As many of you may know, my father is German, thus all of my fathers family and friends are overseas. A family friend of ours was an architect and artist, Heinz Radner. He passed away in 2004. I remember visiting him and his wife Margarite at their house in switzerland, my brother and i helped Heinz ( and their great big german shepard) build and paint a birdhouse in the garden. Their house was that of truely artistic sensability, everything was something, even the garbage bins were painted or mosaiced.
But Heinz, he was of couse an archictect by proffession, he designed and built hotels through switzerland and germany. But at heart his artistic side could not be ignored or hiden, not even in his profession, every single design that was subsequently constructed had his own signiture. A stain glass window. Each one unique in design. In fact the last stain glass window that he made is at his house with his wife, as far as i know i believe it is the french doors that lead out to the garden. I wish i had photos or something to show of his work, because this man, his work was truely amazing, and although his "real job" was that of an architect, i believe that the creativity and pull of a true artist always shines through regardless of whether one is accepted or known as a practicing artist... if i have the chance to get to germany, hopefully next year, i will be documenting Heinz's works...