Occupation: Architect Birth: May 12, 1946
The official name of the project is 'Jewish Museum' but I have named it 'Between the Lines' because for me it is about two lines of thinking, organiz….
Be innovative. Don't listen to the tried and tested wisdom. Take a risk!.
We live in a time of renaissance ... cities are coming back to life, after a long neglect..
To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history, but to articulate it..
Architecture is not just for the moment, it is not just for the next fashion magazine..
I think to be creative you have to resist taking the easy path..
And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just….
In a strange way, architecture is really an unfinished thing, because even though the building is finished, it takes on a new life. It becomes part o….
I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and ci….
What is a habit? It’s just a shackle for ourselves..
Cities are the greatest creations of humanity..
And, yes, I love the process of building..
Architecture is not based on concrete and steel, and the elements of the soil. It's based on wonder..
Our lives are complex; our emotions are complex; our intellectual desires are complex. I believe that architecture … needs to mirror that complexity ….
Don't look at the superficial success, at the short-term success. Look at the deep spiritual questions that architecture has to answer. Who do you bu….
I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else, to try to contribute something that has that resonance and profu….
The truth is, the way you write music, it's a code. It has to be very precise. It's scientific, but ultimately it also depends on interpretation. It'….
Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built..
Buffer between commercial, memorial and retail space..
I believe that the idea of the totality, the finality of the master-plan, is misguided. One should advocate a gradual transformation of public space,….
Young people have the advantage because they have their whole lives open to be astonished..