“The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula whi...” — Stephen Gardiner Quote

The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally.

Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.

The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature.

The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.

Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.

After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structural daring with minimal visual elaboration.

Since the Beijing Olympics in 2008, our office has been discussing how we can make architecture more human and at one with nature. We need to ask ourselves, what legacy do we want to leave behind on humankind's urban culture?

When I was 18, I lived in Greenwich Village, New York, for nine months. At that time, I wanted to change the world, not through architecture, but through painting. I lived the artist's life, mingling with poets and writers, and working as a waiter. I was intrigued by the aliveness of the city.

I like the architecture of lingerie.