Look At London Or Paris:

Without This Spirit, Modernist Architecture Cannot Fully Exist. Since There Is Often A Mismatch Between The Logic And The Spirit Of Modernism, I Use Architecture To Reconcile The Two.

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.

Look At London Or Paris: They're Both Filthy. You Don't Get That In Tokyo. The Proud Residents Look After Their City.

You Can't Really Say What Is Beautiful About A Place, But The Image Of The Place Will Remain Vividly With You.

In Japan, There Is Less A Culture Of Preserving Old Buildings Than In Europe.