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.

Each museum is different - the collection is different, the context is different, the relationship between the art and architecture is different.

You can't escape the influence of architectural history.

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

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.

To be an architect has been a life-long dream. Little did I know when asked at the age of 14 'what do you want to do when you grow up?' I said I wanted to be an architect. After 50 years I am still learning all what that means. Working together with so many people has been enormously gratifying. Being an architect means being a member of a fantastic team.

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.