Not Every Person Has The Same Kinds

Chicago's One Of The Rare Places Where Architecture Is More Visible.

Not Every Person Has The Same Kinds Of Talents, So You Discover What Yours Are And Work With Them.

Everything - Design And Technology And Materials - Has Changed Since The World Trade Center Was Built. A Lot Of It Has To Do With Computers, Which Allow Us To Be Far More Efficient As Well As Structurally Sound.

One Of My Unsung Heroes Is Erich Mendelsohn. I Met Him When I Was A Student And He Was A Cranky Old Man And Very Unpleasant. But If You Go To His Einstein Tower In Potsdam, Germany You See An Enormous Intellect At Work With A Language That Was Personal And New. It Has A Sense Of Urban Design And Of Theater And Procession I Hadn't Seen Before.

I Don't Know How To Overcome This Perception That I'm Extravagant.