The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.

Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today.

In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect.

Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.

We are not peddlers of the fashionable. We believe that good design defies fashion, is truly innovative, eminently sensible, yet a source of inspiration to those who have the pleasure of living with it.

The heart, not the head, must be the guide.

We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.