Bilbao Opened In 1997. It

I Make A Model Of The Site. There Are Some Obvious Things: Where The Entrance Should Be, Where The Cars Have To Go In. You Start To Get The Scale Of It. You Understand The Client's Needs, And What The Client Is Hoping For And Yearning For.

I've Been Told I Have The Biggest Ego In The World And That It Manifests Itself When You Come To Me And Say, 'i Don't Like This' Or 'i Want A Change'... And That I Relish That Because My Ego's So Big I Think I Can Solve Whatever You Throw At Me And Make It Even Better. I Enjoy The Interaction And The Challenge.

We Don't See The Banality, But We Accept Banality. We Accept It As Inevitable, And It's Not.

I Love Working. I Don't Know What The Word Vacation Means.

I Don't Want To Do Architecture That's Dry And Dull.