I don't usually go in for reviews of buildings that aren't yet built, since you can tell only so much from drawings and plans, and, besides, has there ever been a building that didn't look great as a model?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A building is hard to judge. It takes many years to find out whether it works. It's not as simple as asking the people in the office whether they like it.
A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture - that's ridiculous. It's got to work on many levels.
I haven't done any building designs since the Loaf House.
My first buildings, when I was about 30, were rejected for aesthetic reasons.
I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.
It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.
There were a few models who used to stay close to my building. I used to admire them and tell my friends that I did. Those models told me get into modeling.
I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other architects.
I've always liked traveling around Europe and seeing the architecture. The buildings in capital cities have been there for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years. Some look better than the new ones.
Buildings are always better than drawings and models.