Cities Are About Juxtaposition.

If You Live In A Squalid Environment, Then Of Course You Are Going To Want To Get Out Of It, You Are Probably Going To Want To Get Into The Country, Because That's What It Does.

Everyone Has The Right To Walk From One End Of The City To The Other In Secure And Beautiful Spaces. Everybody Has The Right To Go By Public Transport. Everybody Has The Right To An Unhampered View Down Their Street, Not Full Of Railings, Signs And Rubbish.

As Architects We Have A Responsibility To Society

It Is My Belief That Exciting Things Happen When A Variety Of Overlapping Activities Designed For All People-the Old And The Young, The Blue And White Collar, The Local Inhabitant And The Visitor, Different Activities For Different Occasions-meet In A Flexible Environment, Opening Up The Possibility Of Interaction Outside The Confines Of Institutional Limits. When This Takes Place, Deprived Areas Welcome Dynamic Places For Those Who Live, Work And Visit; Places Where All Can Participate, Rather Than Less Or More Beautiful Ghettos.

In Florence, Classical Buildings Sit Against Medieval Buildings. It's That Contrast We Like.