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

One of America's strengths has always been its openness to the new: both new ideas and new people.

The Connecticut Center for Science and Exploration will be a building that will connect the excitement of science to the surrounding streets, river and highway. These forms are ambitious and dynamic. They appear to reach out beyond their physical limits.

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

I realize that having a style would be very beneficial for my practice from a marketing standpoint, but I can't do it. I believe my responsibilities as an architect are to design the most appropriate building for the place. Each place has a distinct culture and function, which for me requires an appropriate answer.

I am a strong believer that as one moves toward the future, the strongest and clearest way to do it is if you have a good sense of your past. You cannot have a very tall tree without deep roots.

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.