Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go... it's just I want to work the way I want to work. In my shop, you can order certain things and other things you cannot. They are not available.

What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images.

There is still a real need for good quality architecture, not paper architecture, but the real stuff.

My buildings should have an emotional core –a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.

If you look at the Earth without architecture, its sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter in the broadest sense of the word, whether its a movie theater or a simple log cabin in the mountains. This is the core of architecture: To provide a space for human beings.

If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is not an artist.

Architecture is exposed to life. If its body is sensitive enough, it can assume a quality that bears witness to past life.