He may be seen as one of the architects of an illusion. Or he may be seen as one of the architects of global stability. That needs at least a decade to play out.

I don't know of any architects who want to do bad buildings.

They helped us in the beginning, even with securing a bid for financing. They worked up all the pre-planning and then got all the subcontractors and architects put together to actually build it. They were experienced, professional and easy to communicate with.

L.A. is so much about ratings and box office; that defines everything. And here, of course it's important, but it's not part of the culture - there's too much else going on in New York. They're not going to let one industry monopolize your attention, you know? You're likely to have best friends who are architects or newspaper reporters.

I've met architects before, and they're not living the life we see on TV.

Wherever possible, ... I'd like to see Charlotte architects and contractors used. I'd like to keep the Charlotte taxpayers' money here in Charlotte.

Fortunately, we were not in the construction phase and were able to have the architects make significant changes ... to upgrade the foundation, for instance, ... It was all done in the planning phase.

One of the things that our architects are strongly trying to do is to maintain that open feel that we have. We are not an inner-city campus.

The number of people actually living in one, I can count on less than three hands. But that will change quite quickly. Several of the architects have sold dozens of homes.

We don't want one that's like everything else. It should be something innovative. If you look back at some of the architects of the past, none of the houses were exactly alike.