You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.

Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.

The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.

You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see.

When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.

If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.