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Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture.
All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it’s difficult to quantify the attachment.
The level of detail and craft is something that’s inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.
When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.
At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.
People tend not to use this word beauty because it’s not intellectual – but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
You can’t really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.
My hand is the extension of the thinking process – the creative process.
The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.