Each Project, I Suffer Like I'm Starting

A Well-designed Home Has To Be Very Comfortable. I Can't Stand The Aesthetes, The Minimal Thing. I Can't Live That Way. My Home Has To Be Filled With Stuff - Mostly Paintings, Sculpture, My Fish Lamps, Cardboard Furniture, Lots Of Books.

My Father Probably - He Had Flashes Of Creativity - He Used To Do Store Windows For Fruit Stores That He Worked In And Stuff.

Chicago's One Of The Rare Places Where Architecture Is More Visible.

My Buildings Are All On Budget.

I Make A Model Of The Site. There Are Some Obvious Things: Where The Entrance Should Be, Where The Cars Have To Go In. You Start To Get The Scale Of It. You Understand The Client's Needs, And What The Client Is Hoping For And Yearning For.