Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.

Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.

Architecture is my work, and Ive spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.

Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.

The architect's role is to fight for a better world, where he can produce an architecture that serves everyone and not just a group of privileged people.

I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.

For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.