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

I find if my body feels well and I exercise regularly, I think better, work better and feel better.

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

It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result?

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.

The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions.

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.