We learn a lot, and each museum ends up having its own distinctive character and personality.

It's important to understand differences in scale and environment.

The work needs to have a certain longevity. It lasts longer than we do.

We are all affected by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Mies van der Rohe. But no less than Bramante, Borromini, and Bernini. Architecture is a tradition, a long continuum. Whether we break with tradition or enhance it, we are still connected to that past. We evolve.

When I think of a place of worship, I think of a place where one can sit and be reminded of all the things that are important outside our individual lives. To express spirituality, the architect has to think of the original material of architecture, space and light.

Ultimately it's the public nature of those projects that I most enjoy. Museums are more than just places to view art, they're also civic and social centers.

The responsibility of an architect is to create a sense of order, a sense of place, a sense of relationship.