Once I got out of architecture school I decided not to be an architect I just started my own little design studio.

People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train.

And when an architect has designed a house with large windows which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.

All those involved in the construction of an architectural design from the architect to the builder have an attachment to the architecture although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.

Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture.

French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture like Roman design it looks to the community.

I'd like to do a lot of things - whether in design or architecture or business.

I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.

I got into this little habit of architecture and building. I designed a house in Colorado and one in Hawaii. The idea is supposed to be build and sell - but then I can never bring myself to sell them.