The design of the building addresses the public nature of both the urban context and the internal program. In order to reinforce the building's associative or mimetic qualities, the facades are organized in a classical three-part division of base, middle or body, and attic or head.

I stayed true to what I thought was good design no matter who it was for.

I don't believe in morality in architecture.

It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this

I've always believed that what can make a domestic setting truly home is the infusion of a cultural dimension.

In America, writers are afforded the freedom to express themselves in unlimited manners. Creative liberty is a privilege.

I once got a postcard from a French poet who wrote - "you don't know me but I'm always very grumpy when I get up in morning. But when I get up now I put the tea kettle on, and when it starts to sing it makes me smile - goddamn you!" That's what happened when we first designed it - we got a lot of mail.