You have freedom, so you have to make choices - and at the point when I make a choice, the building starts to look like a Frank Gehry building. It's a signature.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't think I have a signature style that announces, 'This is a Safdie.' But I think star architects have seized an opportunity to go anywhere in the world to produce meaningless buildings.
In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.
I live in a loft in a building I designed, but for my dream house I'd get Frank Gehry, just to see what he'd do.
I'm not interested in placing my signature on a house but would rather it be a signature of the place it's located.
Choosing is a creative process, one through which we construct our environment, our lives, ourselves.
There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart.
The architect must get to know the people who will live in the planned house. From their needs, the rest inevitably follows.
Who is the architect? I am the architect.
I see my buildings as pieces of cities, and in my designs I try to make them into responsible and contributing citizens.
From the U.S. Capitol Building to the White House, our national symbols that represent freedom to so many of us, were built by people who were anything but free.