Occupation: Architect Birth: April 26, 1943
Architecture has its own realm. It has a special physical relationship with life. I do not think of it primarily as either a message or symbol, but a….
In a fragment of a second you can understand: Things you know, things you don’t know, things you don’t know that you don’t know, conscious, unconscio….
I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space..
Designing is a matter of concentration. You go deep into what you want to do. It's about intensive research, really. The concentration is warm and in….
I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think of the patina ….
The bottom line may be that my inventing buildings is, indeed, a very private kind of activity. But it's done to be shared. It is comforting and cons….
In order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction..
I need a close contact to the client, whoever it is, and a commitment of the client to go out and do a process together. I want to do the best for hi….
You feel a certain way in a glass or concrete or limestone building. It has an effect on your skin - the same with plywood or veneer, or solid timber….
Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go... it's just I want to work the way I want to work. I….
When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's not about forms. It….
If you look at the Earth without architecture, its sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter in the broadest….
I've said goodbye to the overworked notion that architecture has to save the world..
My buildings should have an emotional core –a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling..
If you're lucky, and a building succeeds, the real product has many more dimensions than you can ever imagine. You have the sun, the light, the rain,….
Presence is like a gap in the flow of history, where all of [a] sudden it is not past and not future..
Small museums are great. Big museums are a drag..
Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have seen, that I believe I have seen,….
The first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a wonderful cabinet-maker, and me being the eldest….
I design for the use of a building and the place and for the people who use it... the reputation for arrogance comes because when work is offered to ….
Architecture is not about form.