- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Frustration
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would never wear anything with a logo. That I really find difficult. It's a frustration that I'll find a nice shirt or something and it's got 50 prints of the logo on it - why do they do this?
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think you never stop learning.
- Determination
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most amazing lesson in aerodynamics I ever had was the day I climbed a thermal in a glider at the same time as an eagle. I witnessed, close up, effortlessness and lightness combined with strength, precision and determination.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in 1935, and as far back as I can remember, I was sketching designs. My first subject was an aircraft, which I imagined myself piloting.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Google has already tested robot cars in San Francisco. If they can navigate San Francisco, they can probably manage just about anywhere.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Manhattan, one of the most moneyed spots on the planet, also has one of the greatest concentrations of people in its skyscrapers. It's also, of course, the place where every architect wants to build his tower.
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desirable areas such as Chelsea, Notting Hill, Belgravia and Mayfair. All are characterised by high density and a generosity of green spaces. They are all pedestrian-friendly with shops, entertainment, restaurants and pubs within easy walking distance.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.
- Cannot
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- Nov 07, 2020
You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything we design is a response to the specific climate and culture of a particular place.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a snobbery at work in architecture. The subject is too often treated as a fine art, delicately wrapped in mumbo-jumbo. In reality, it's an all-embracing discipline taking in science, art, maths, engineering, climate, nature, politics, economics.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I describe the design process as like the tip of the iceberg. What you don't see is the long haul: all the endless auditing and things like that.
- Encapsulate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think cars encapsulate the history of innovation and style - it's the other side of the coin of the car being public enemy No.1.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can find, occasionally, some absolutely fantastic things in hunting shops. I've got one jacket that I just happened across which is a kind of unwashed leather - completely anonymous but absolutely special.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020