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

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

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.

Sometimes I have to accept a job I don't really want. Hardly anybody comes up to you with a commission; it's all competitions these days.

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

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

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