A builder is like a little god - somebody who does things, doesnt just draw things.

Architects have to dream, we have to search for our Atlantises, to be explorers, adventurers, and yet to build responsibly and well.

One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time, it is like life starting all over again.

Knowing how to do things not just with the head, but with the hands as well: this might seem a programmatic and ideological goal. It is not. It is a way of safeguarding creative freedom.

There is something about giving everything to your profession. In Italian, an obsession is not necessarily negative. Its the art of putting all your energy into one thing; its the art of transforming even what you eat for lunch into architecture.

My inspiration came from the land, ... and, of course, from Paul Klee . . . and the poetics of his paintings.

London is one of the most civilised places in the world for the procedure of making architecture and urban design.