I've never looked at a suburban building as being a minor building and an urban building as being a major building.

Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare.

America has always imported history.

We prefer synthetic rather than natural materials. Natural products are almost too valuable. Wood is much harder to produce than metal. And metal is recyclable, while wood isn't.

I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.

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

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.