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

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

You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner.

Most architects say: I want to use this type of glass, even if it's too reflective or doesn't let enough light in. However, the use of a certain type of glass might change the comfort level.

Chinese buildings are like American buildings, with big footprints. People don't care about daylight or fresh air.

A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive.

For me, drawing generates thinking and vice versa.