My Objective Is To Design A Space

I Hope That America As A Whole, And Especially Its Architects, Will Become More Seriously Involved In Producing A New Architectural Culture That Would Bring The Nation To The Apex - Where It Has Stood Before - And Lead The World.

It Wasn't That I Had Any Great Dream Of Being An Architect. I Just Wanted To Make Things. Whether It Was Furniture, Painting, Interior Design, Or Architecture. I Just Wanted To Create Something.

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.

People Tend Not To Use This Word Beauty Because It's Not Intellectual - But There Has To Be An Overlap Between Beauty And Intellect.

You Cannot Simply Put Something New Into A Place. You Have To Absorb What You See Around You, What Exists On The Land, And Then Use That Knowledge Along With Contemporary Thinking To Interpret What You See.