Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England.
If a building becomes architecture then it is art.
If you examine this I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture.
Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.
So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.
I'd like to do a lot of things - whether in design or architecture or business.
The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples no ambitions.
The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.
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?
I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.