I don't like the idea that one hotel could be better than another. In any city, I try to find a hotel that has the identity of that place - Claridge'….

Architecture exists, like cinema, in the dimension of time and movement.

I think architecture has to be a gift..

The task of the architect is to encompass everything about the site, starting from the concrete conditions and the sensory impressions created by tho….

Space, space: architects always talk about space! But creating a space is not automatically doing architecture. With the same space, you can make a m….

I like English parks..

I like to play with architecture! It's my favorite game..

It is not possible to design always the same. How to be different in each different place - that is the most important work and duty of the architect….

Each new situation requires a new architecture..

Art should be created for life, not for the museum.

The best engineer a few decades ago was someone who could create the most beautiful beam or structure; today it's to do a structure you cannot see or….

My interest has always been in an architecture which reflects the modernity of our epoch as opposed to the rethinking of historical references. My wo….

I generally hate the luxury modern apartment with too many things out of sight and so clean you cannot touch..

If there was a fire at my house I would throw more things on it. The only thing I would take out? Myself!.

My buildings are more famous than me..