Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.

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And it is very moving because one has to see the site not as just...

And it is very moving because one has to see the site not as just...

I don't get to sleep when I'm in New York. Really. I'm living on adrenaline.

I don't get to sleep when I'm in New York. Really. I'm living on adrenaline.

The foreign press seems obsessed with the Freedom Tower, as if it was the only...

The foreign press seems obsessed with the Freedom Tower, as if it was the only...

It's a fantastic responsibility and a wonderful moment.

It's a fantastic responsibility and a wonderful moment.

To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.

To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.

And of course I like Berlin a lot. It's such an interesting city.

And of course I like Berlin a lot. It's such an interesting city.

It's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is...

It's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is...

I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else,...

I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else,...

I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as...

I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as...

Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of...

Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of...

Well, I didn't want to have the reminder sort of in the sky, so that...

Well, I didn't want to have the reminder sort of in the sky, so that...

There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's...

There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's...

We will work with everybody for the good of New York.

We will work with everybody for the good of New York.

Larry wanted us to reposition the tower. We wouldn't, and won't. He's been holding back...

Larry wanted us to reposition the tower. We wouldn't, and won't. He's been holding back...

Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics,...

Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics,...

When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get...

When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get...

We all came to see that site. We all walked around it. It is already...

We all came to see that site. We all walked around it. It is already...

It's a project that touched me as an immigrant and as a New Yorker.

It's a project that touched me as an immigrant and as a New Yorker.

And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know,...

And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know,...

There will be a competition for the memorial. And then it can be developed with...

There will be a competition for the memorial. And then it can be developed with...