You can't have the finest buildings if they're not in focus. They become like nice cars parked on the street.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other architects.
Most of our cities built since the war are bland. They're modernist, they're cold, and now architects want to go back to that.
The secret of good architecture is having more than meets the eye.
My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness.
I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.
Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes their good health.
In this tour around the world I was not interested in contemporary buildings because I had seen contemporary buildings actually until they came out of my ears in a sense.
And exciting buildings are fine periodically.
Modern buildings of our time are so huge that one must group them. Often the space between these buildings is as important as the buildings themselves.
I love buildings that aren't purpose-built.