An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that.

We should celebrate variety rather than conformity and allow people to express themselves. That we don't is more of our denial.

I don't think all buildings have to be iconic, but the history of the world has shown us that cultures build iconic buildings for their major public buildings.

If the room is friendly to a relationship between lecturer and audience, you feel everything - the tension, the appreciation. I think the audience feels it too.

The architect Borromini's Quattro Fontane, a little church in Rome, is one of the most beautiful rooms in history.

That's where you have to look for your inspiration. Don't separate the rest of your life - who you are, what you love - from your work.

When you were a kid, if you went to the Montreal Forum or a hockey game at Maple Leaf Gardens, which I did, there was a great feeling. The new stadiums don't have it. Why don't they have it? Building codes.