- Humane
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want my buildings to take root and look as if they've always been there. It isn't about pastiche or adapting what's already there. It's about trying to blend the future and the past.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live in a complicated, oppressive world with enormous cities and vast populations, and I try to contribute by making it more light and open and calm.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
He who seeks truth shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty shall find vanity. He who seeks order shall find gratification. He who seeks gratification shall be disappointed. He who considers himself the servant of his fellow beings shall find the joy of self-expression. He who seeks self-expression shall fall into the pit of arrogance.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
Performing arts buildings are complex. The acoustics, the sight lines and all that have to just be perfect. So you begin with just making these things sublime as musical instruments. And if you fail there, you have failed it all.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think you need to, as an architect, understand the essence of a place and create a building that feels like it resonates with the culture of a place. So my buildings in India or in Kansas City or in Arkansas or in Singapore, they come out different because the places are so different.
- Arts
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a profound ethic to architecture which is different from the other arts.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
A painter, a sculptor, a writer, they can express freely. They don't affect society as a whole. We build buildings that have a purpose, that stay there for hundreds of years or decades.
- Knows
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- Nov 07, 2020
Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect?
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the general public's response to my projects is very strong. You can be an intellectual and say that popularity detracts from architectural quality. On the other hand, you can see in the public's identification something very positive.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Except for the projects in Israel, my being Israeli has contributed negatively to my global activity. It is hard for me, for example, to get projects in the Persian Gulf emirates.
- Identity
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- Nov 07, 2020
My identity is always at the forefront, and I also think that every article that is written about me refers to me as an Israeli architect.
- Environment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a country where the environment was very social justice-oriented.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm completely taken and impressed by the planning authority of Singapore and its Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). It's the most cutting-edge agency in the world. They have very effective guidelines for development, and they review design as it evolves.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
Urban design as a discipline barely exists in most American and Canadian cities. In Singapore, there are innovative transportation strategies at work.
- Libraries
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- Nov 07, 2020