Architecture is not based on concrete and steel, and the elements of the soil. It's based on wonder..

And, yes, I love the process of building..

Buffer between commercial, memorial and retail space..

I think to be creative you have to resist taking the easy path..

It's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is about a tragedy and how it changed the world, but also….

Be innovative. Don't listen to the tried and tested wisdom. Take a risk!.

What is a habit? It’s just a shackle for ourselves..

Young people have the advantage because they have their whole lives open to be astonished..

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'….

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,….

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….

And it is very moving because one has to see the site not as just another site of development but it is a very special site. It is a site that souls ….

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….

To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history, but to articulate it..

We often judge cities by great public buildings. But we admire great cities because people live there in a beautiful way. You have to think about how….

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….

Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built..

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….

Architecture is not just for the moment, it is not just for the next fashion magazine..

We live in a time of renaissance ... cities are coming back to life, after a long neglect..

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….