One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings.

I never like things that don't look nice. It's really that simple.

Architecture is about aging well, about precision and authenticity. There is much more to the success of a building than what you can see. Im not suggesting that gestural architecture is always superficial, but solid reasoning has its place.

I know I'm old-fashioned, but there's just something about the act of looking at books versus taking in information on a screen, which is so one-dimensional. There's a sense of ownership that you have with books, a physical connection.

I make spaces that are calm rather than confrontational. I seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in space and perceive it as beautiful and rational. Clarity is a worthwhile quality.

So much of what makes a room great is how you enter and circulate through it, how it addresses the body.

I was brought up to reuse things.