“The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.”
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You don't know what the Chinese expect in the way of beauty. The presentation is just a farce. You come into a room filled with 50 people and they don't talk to you. There's very little interaction.
I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.
It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result?
We are creating a unique experience. It's starts with how you see the building from a distance.
