The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

I think the younger generation, the people poised to dominate the workforce, are more socially conscious. They are more demanding in terms of environment and how that environment contributes to their life.

German and English firms operate internationally, while French firms do not. The only place where they all have work is in China. Anybody can sell himself in China!

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

We are creating a unique experience. It's starts with how you see the building from a distance.

Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.

For me, drawing generates thinking and vice versa.