And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.

Clearly, if a building is not functionally and technically in order, then it isn't architecture either, it's just a building.

A pastry usually tastes better if it looks nice. A cream pastry, now that looks nice - in fact, there is nothing I mind as long as it looks nice.

Almost every time I make a building, some people will condemn it straight to Hell.

I do not feel certain until I have confronted my initial solution with other solutions - although in fact the first solution often proves to be the right one.

If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's task - his most difficult task - is always that of selecting.

And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.