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

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.

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.

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.

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