I'd Say That My Profession Ends Where

The People From The Suburbs Are Bringing Along Their Suburban Values: Cleanliness, Orderliness, Safety - Dullness, In Other Words. As A Result, Urban Areas Are Being Hollowed Out. Just Look At Times Square In New York. No More Sex Shops, No Drugs, No Homeless People. The Area Is Clinically Clean And Incredibly Dull.

What Is Now Called "green Architecture" Is An Opportunistic Caricature Of A Much Deeper Consideration Of The Issues Related To Sustainability That Architecture Has Been Engaged With For Many Years. It Was One Of The First Professions That Was Deeply Concerned With These Issues And That Had An Intellectual Response To Them.

Beauty Isn't What I'm Primarily Interested In [in Architecture]. I Think Appropriateness Is More Important.

There Are Essentially Two Possibilities. One Is To Be, Shall We Say, An Average Architect And Do The Same Thing Everywhere. The Other Is To Let Yourself Be Inspired And Even Changed By The Unique Qualities Of The Place Where You're Building. We Always Try To Take The Second Approach.

Without A Tighter Union, Europe Will Disintegrate