The World Trade Center was for me not only out of scale vertically, but it was also out of scale in plan. It occupied several blocks that were all massed together.

Im particularly interested in the public role that all buildings play. I believe that we architects should try to go beyond our basic obligations to the public, and our opportunities to do so are many.

There may be some changes in building codes, but I don't see any stylistic departure that you'll be able to attribute to Sept. 11.

When I finished high school, I was 16, and in Argentina you have to choose a career right after high school. There is no such thing as a liberal arts education.

The desire to reach for the sky runs very deep in the human psyche.

My buildings are like my children, so I cannot have favorites.

I see my buildings as pieces of cities, and in my designs I try to make them into responsible and contributing citizens.