I think of what the experience is of going into the building, of spending time in it, and try to get a sense of what the building would be like to work in as well.

For most of the nineteen-seventies, the official route map of the New York City subway system was a beautiful thing.

We identify New York with the great bridges and tunnels and roadways and subway system and so forth.

I think it's necessary to evaluate a skyscraper at multiple scales, since that's how we experience it: from right next to it on the street to from across the river, as well as at all kinds of points in between. It's important to think of it as an element in a larger skyline, but also as an element in an immediate streetscape.

Architecture begins to matter when it brings delight and sadness and perplexity and awe along with a roof over our heads.

I don't usually go in for reviews of buildings that aren't yet built, since you can tell only so much from drawings and plans, and, besides, has there ever been a building that didn't look great as a model?

I think of what the experience is of going into the building, of spending time in it, and try to get a sense of what the building would be like to work in as well.