This generation I'm a member of, we're sort of infected by this idea that you had to make the world a better place.

My younger brother is an architect, my son and his wife are both architects, they work for me, and so I guess I've started a dynasty.

I always had an interest in space and the effect it had on you.

Architects need to restore and protect.

I decided I wanted to do something that was worthwhile and thought I would try architecture. There was not an architect in my family.

If we're going to save the planet, people are going to have to live in ways that don't require so much energy and don't create as much waste. The only way to do that is to live more densely than Americans are living right now.

The challenge of today's generation of architects is the environment.