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I see in industrialization the central problem of building in our time. If we succeed in carrying out this industrialization, the social, economic, technical, and also artistic problems will be readily solved.

Because, if we understand how a building is to be produced and we find a way that it can be more simply produced, then obviously we are contributing to building better buildings more easily.

When it becomes economically possible, building will become montage.

Supply and demand regulate architectural form.

New synthetic substances - steel, concrete, glass - are actively superseding the traditional raw materials of construction.

In India, because of the huge investments materialising in industry and infrastructure projects, the demand for steel has grown much faster than anticipated.

Industrialization starts with the formation of capital - it does not matter how. It can be created by saving, by the state enforcing its will on the people, by the very rich themselves.

Each material has its specific characteristics which we must understand if we want to use it. This is no less true of steel and concrete.

It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result?

When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets people to spend money when they see that energy, that things are happening.