"In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in ..." — Tadao Ando

Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.

The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.

People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.