I made a decision when I was in school that I'd have a lot of male friends.

You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.

The conservative values that are emerging, it may not effect architecture immediately but it will effect society and that's what worries me.

I've always been interested in combining architecture with a social agenda, and I really think you can invest and be inventive with hospitals and housing.

I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.

I'm trying to discover - invent, I suppose - an architecture, and forms of urban planning, that do something of the same thing in a contemporary way. I started out trying to create buildings that would sparkle like isolated jewels; now I want them to connect, to form a new kind of landscape, to flow together with contemporary cities and the lives of their peoples.

The current state of architecture and design requires extensive collaboration and an investigative attitude and we continue to research and develop new technologies.