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.

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

Architecture which enters into a symbiosis with light does not merely create form in light, by day and at night, but allow light to become form.

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.

We look at each one [project] and consider the context - what it is and what it can be - beyond the strictly functional concerns.

I was in Taiwan recently and was completely amazed by the density of population. It makes New York look like no one is out on the streets.

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.