Architects have created this fake separation between creation and execution. You can see it in architecture schools, where the students look down on going to contracts classes.

It's not so much about form versus functionality. Rather, it's about doing both and doing them a lot and doing them well-and that's how we should be talking about architecture.

Public libraries are the last vestige of public free space.

It’s time for architecture to do things again, not just represent things.

Architecture is by definition a very collaborative process.

Some people think architecture is about the genius sketch I don't. Great architecture is a collaboration among a lot of people over a long period of time.

Working off one genius sketch is not the way great architecture should be made.

Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.

there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

Free market capitalism has done more for the soul of the human race than any other system. And it's created the highest standard of living.

However virile the English language may be, it can never become the language of the masses of India.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Respect is important, if someone has a very clear vision of what they want, as long as they find a way to communicate it, a respectful way…

Bees are sometimes drowned in the honey which they collectso some writers are lost in their collected learning.

Waiting in line is a great opportunity to meet people, daydream, or play.

I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!