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 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.

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

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

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

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.