Critics are entitled to have an opinion, but how can they judge how comfortable a building is? No critic is smart enough to judge how a building will perform over time.

For me, drawing generates thinking and vice versa.

You don't know what the Chinese expect in the way of beauty. The presentation is just a farce. You come into a room filled with 50 people and they don't talk to you. There's very little interaction.

A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.

Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.

I wanted to improve the suburban office building; to create a great urban space in a suburban environment with all that implies about interaction, collaboration and creativity.

America has always imported history.