When you walk 25-30 feet above ground, it is a miracle, because you are still in the city ... but you are flying above the city. You are in the middle of trees, and that is a moment of beauty.

When you walk 25-30 feet above ground, it is a miracle, because you are still in the city ... but you are flying above the city. You are in the middle of trees, and that is a moment of beauty.

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

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

You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony

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

A piazza is not a plaza. The plaza is the theme park of the piazza; the plaza is the commercial version. A piazza is an empty space with no function. This is what Europeans understand.