Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning.

The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding.

Miami Beach is a completely interesting hybrid because it is, on the one hand, a resort and, on the other hand, a real city. This condition of city and water on two sides I think is really amazing. And in the heart of that city, it has put an enormous convention center, an enormous physical presence.

The stronger the identity, the more it imprisons, the more it resists expansion, interpretation, renewal, contradiction.

Nobody should be anything, but because I once had a different profession and I'm interested in writing, I took it upon me.

There are essentially two possibilities. One is to be, shall we say, an average architect and do the same thing everywhere. The other is to let yourself be inspired and even changed by the unique qualities of the place where you're building. We always try to take the second approach.

Prada is extremely directed in terms of communicating what they like and what they don't like. That is actually extremely pleasant because it clarifies very easily what you can do and what you need to do.