I think greed is a critical problem - the gap between the poor and the rich. The gap between the top 10 percent and the bottom 10 percent.
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Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know.
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Cities are about juxtaposition. In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like. In Bordeaux, we built law courts right next door to what is effectively a listed historic building, and that makes it exciting.
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My mother was very family-oriented. And I do love being with my children.
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So I think that, yes, anything that makes it more palatable and easier to understand, such as a Virtual Centre, has to be seen as a primary activity within the educational and information global state.
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Architecture is a living thing. If I want to leave something to the future, it has to be able to change - but retain something of the ethos that we built up over 50 years.
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You have to modernise; you have to change - you can't just be traditional for the fun of being traditional.
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Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times.
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The gap between the rich and poor is widening fast.