If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing.

You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.

In Architecture there is a part that is the result of Logical Reasoning and a part that is created through the Senses. There is always a point where they Clash. I don't think Architecture can be created without that Collision.

I think that capitalism has just gone too far. And it is actually not limited to the United States. The excesses of capitalism is making us suffer all over the world right now.

I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.

All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.