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For me, architecture is a social act.

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I'm totally into architecture for all strata of society. High design should not just be for rich people.

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Context is so important, not to mimic but to become part of the place. I wanted a building that acknowledges its surroundings.

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The concept of architecture as analogous to landscape is something that has interested me for a long time.

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