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

Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.

An important work of architecture will create polemics.

When I am asked what I believe in, I say that I believe in architecture. Architecture is the mother of the arts. I like to believe that architecture connects the present with the past and the tangible with the intangible.

One of the real challenges, since we're working in so many places - Mexico, Japan, Brazil - is understanding variations, both in terms of culture and context.

We think about project's public nature and how that can be enhanced, how the spaces we create can enliven the experience of being there.

Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.