You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today.

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

You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today.

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

When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.

In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo.

Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.