I Like The Idea Of Collaboration -

I Am Just Relating To The World We Live In. I See Some Order In It, Even Though It Looks Like Mush.

You Have To Do Every Detail On Every Bloody Piece Of The Building. You Have To Know How The Engineering Works. You Have To Know How The Fittings Go Together. You Have To Master The Mechanical, Electrical, Acoustical - Everything.

I Do My Best To Choose Carefully. If I Don’t Feel That Collaboration Is Going To Happen, I Say No. Think About It. These Projects Can Involve A Five-to-seven-year Partnership. If You Don’t Feel Comfortable With Someone, You Can’t Get Rid Of Them. I Just Walked Away From A Job For That Reason. Every One Of These Projects Is An Emotional Investment, Like Falling In Love. You’ve Got To Believe In It And You’ve Got To Like The People You Work With.

That's Why You Go Into Architecture - At Least I Did - To Do Things For People. I Think Most Of Us Are Idealists. You Start Out That Way, Anyway.

Take What Comes Your Way. Do The Best With It. Be Responsible As You Can And Something Good Will Happen.