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“ It is not an individual act, architecture. You have to consider your client. Only out of that can you produce great architecture. You cannot work in the abstract. ”

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Great artists need great clients.

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I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.

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Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history but it’s not very deep. I understand that time has changed, we have evolved. But I don’t want to forget the beginning. A lasting architecture has to have roots.

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Architecture is the very mirror of life. You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society.

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