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Architecture is the beginning of something because it's - if you're not involved in first principles, if you're not involved in the... →
I believe that artistic activities change people. You do effect change. I see architecture as a political, social and cultural act - that is its... →
I don't know any architects that I respect who don't have their own voice. I think the difference between architecture and the other arts is... →
I fought violently for the autonomy of architecture. It's a very passive, weak profession where people deliver a service. You want a blue door... →
I think a lot of people have the Frank Lloyd Wright model in their brains. The architect comes in with this act of creation and lays it down, and... →
I think my clients would tell you I'm a problem solver. I'm not there to agree with people. I'm there to articulate a point of view. Am I... →
I'm not just influenced by the '60s - it's who I am. I grew up with Allen Ginsberg and Che Guevara. I flirted with various forms of... →
In Paris, there has to be a presence. History becomes the most interesting when it's compared to the present. I mean there's a whole group of... →
No matter what I've done, what I've tried to do, everybody says it can't be done. And it's continuous across the complete spectrum of... →
There is no modern prototype for a campus. You have to have a completely different model which has to do with transparency and exposing social... →
We're producing spaces that accommodate human activity. And what I'm interested in is not the styling of that, but the relationship of that... →
Who I am as an architect and the history of my work - that's clear to anybody who hires me. But I come in literally with nothing in my brain... →
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