Buildings should serve people, not the other way around.

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It is through accomplishment that man makes his contribution and contribution is life's greatest reward.

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We must learn to understand humanity better so that we can create an environment that is more beneficial to people, more rewarding, more pleasant to experience.

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Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition.

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