Occupation: Architect Birth: June 1, 1935
Control is the wrong word. The practice is very much about sharing, and, in any creative practice, some individuals, whether partners or directors, a….
You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit..
I would never wear anything with a logo. That I really find difficult. It's a frustration that I'll find a nice shirt or something and it's got 50 pr….
As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown..
Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don’t..
If you weren’t an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect..
Didn't think her vision was consistent with the ORC, especially the way the Council wishes to work with the ORC. For example, with regard to the zoni….
Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in eternity..
Since Stonehenge, architects have always been at the cutting edge of technology. And you cant separate technology from the humanistic and spiritual c….
Architecture is an expression of values..
I think you never stop learning..
Google has already tested robot cars in San Francisco. If they can navigate San Francisco, they can probably manage just about anywhere..
There's a snobbery at work in architecture. The subject is too often treated as a fine art, delicately wrapped in mumbo-jumbo. In reality, it's an al….
I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources..
I tend to move between turtlenecks and shirts and ties. I don't really have a uniform in the sense that some people might..
I am always surprised by how much little emphasis schools of architecture, and indeed, many architects, place on the process of the mating of a build….
Every time I've flown an aircraft, or visited a steelworks, or watched a panel-beater at work, I've learned something new that can be applied to buil….
Manhattan, one of the most moneyed spots on the planet, also has one of the greatest concentrations of people in its skyscrapers. Its also, of course….
I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desirable areas such as Chelsea, Notting Hill, Belgravi….
I was born in 1935, and as far back as I can remember, I was sketching designs. My first subject was an aircraft, which I imagined myself piloting..
The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them..