We prefer synthetic rather than natural materials. Natural products are almost too valuable. Wood is much harder to produce than metal. And metal is recyclable, while wood isn't.

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

In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition.

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.

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

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