The architect who really designs for a human being has to know a great deal more than just the Five Canons of Vitruvius.

A building can be designed to satisfy by the month with the regularity of the provider. Or it can give satisfaction in a very different way, by the moment, the fraction of a second, with the thrill of a lover

The architect who really designs for a human being has to know a great deal more than just the Five Canons of Vitruvius.

I am an eyewitness to the ways in which people relate to themselves and to each other, and my work is a way of scooping and ladling that experience.

I am simply submerged in work from five in the morning to eleven at night; almost need a few days off to escape a breakdown!

Architects must have a razor-sharp sense of individuality.