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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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