Nine out of nine architects start with a sketch, and then they say, 'What should we make it out of?' I start from the bottom up - what should it be made out of - and then I worry about what should it look like. The material, the color of the material, the way it feels, and the way you respond to it is every bit as valid as the form or the shape.

Ginza! Where I've done two Chanel towers and Louis Vuitton and Dior stores. I just feel at home there.

I've benefited enormously from an arts education and a music education in New York. When they cut the programs for funding, I was devastated.

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