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.

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

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.

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.

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

Winning the competition for Frankfurt's Museum of Applied Art in '79 opened the door to a number of projects in Europe, especially as we were invited to join many design competitions.

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.