A building is hard to judge. It takes many years to find out whether it works. It's not as simple as asking the people in the office whether they like it.

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

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

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.

Critics are entitled to have an opinion, but how can they judge how comfortable a building is? No critic is smart enough to judge how a building will perform over time.

You don't know what the Chinese expect in the way of beauty. The presentation is just a farce. You come into a room filled with 50 people and they don't talk to you. There's very little interaction.

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