Only a Californian would have observed that it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell the real fake from the fake fake.

the search for the ultimate skyscraper goes on. ... At worst, overbuilding will make urban life unbearable. At best, we will go out in a blaze of style.

Good architecture is still the difficult, conscientious, creative, expressive planning for that elusive synthesis that is a near-contradiction in terms: efficiency and beauty.

Only a Californian would have observed that it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell the real fake from the fake fake.

In Paris style is everything. That is traditionally understood. Every street, every structure, every shopgirl has style. The style of Parisian architecture has been proved and refined by at least three centuries of academic dictates and highly developed taste. There are few violations of this taste, and there is exemplary architectural consistency. Paris has defined the aesthetics of a sophisticated urban culture.

Real estate is the closest thing to the proverbial pot of gold.

No matter what an architect may be at home, he becomes a monumentalist when he comes to Washington.