The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created—created first in the mind and will, created next in activity.
The best architecture comes from a synthesis of all the elements that separately comprise a building: the structure that holds it up; the services that allow it to function; the ecology of the building - its relationship to the surroundings; the quality of natural light; the symbolism of the form; the relationship of the building to the skyline.