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

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

You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner.

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

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

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.

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