There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple.

With computers we can work everything out from the beginning.

My father probably - he had flashes of creativity - he used to do store windows for fruit stores that he worked in and stuff.

The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself. I tell this to my students: It's not about copying me or my logic systems. It's about allowing yourself to be yourself.

I don't micromanage the interiors. People ask me to and I say no. I don't want to control everything.

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.

The safety requirements, which are necessary, spread everything out and push people farther and farther away from the stage and from each other.