I make spaces that are calm rather than confrontational. I seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in space and perceive it as beautiful and rational. Clarity is a worthwhile quality.

I never like things that don't look nice. It's really that simple.

So much of what makes a room great is how you enter and circulate through it, how it addresses the body.

Tension is an interesting quality - and architecture must have it. There should be elements of the inexplicable, the mysterious, and the poetic in something that is perfectly rational.

When you have rules to abide by, does that curtail you as a designer, or set you free? People think of classical architecture visually, but I think the brilliant part of it is actually spatial.

One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings.

The secret of good architecture is having more than meets the eye.