I am aware of changes gradually taking place in my own designs as part of my thinking on this matter

In architecture, the demand was no longer for box-like forms, but for buildings that have something to say to the human emotions.

I am aware of changes gradually taking place in my own designs as part of my thinking on this matter

Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future.

There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart

I first decided architecture was for me when I saw Le Corbusier's designs in a Japanese magazine in the 1930s.

I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning