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.

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.

If I had my druthers, I would do a lot more.

The world has changed a great deal from when I began 50 years ago. I was very fortunate. There were a lot of opportunities that perhaps don't exist today.

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