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My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.

I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.

Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being.

Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.

I don't want to be romantic, but one of the most important things is to have happy buildings... it's like having a family with a lot of children.

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.

Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes their good health.

And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.

I love buildings that aren't purpose-built.

Every building must have... its own soul.