What I do isn't radical. It's just distinct in small ways.

What I do isn't radical. It's just distinct in small ways.

Tension is an interesting quality - and architecture must have it. There should be elements of the inexplicable, the mysterious, and the poetic in something that is perfectly rational.

I'm not so interested in technology for technology's sake. I don't need incredibly sophisticated climate-control systems. And I'm absolutely amazed at the time people spend exchanging messages; I don't have a lot of time left over for those things.

When you have rules to abide by, does that curtail you as a designer, or set you free? People think of classical architecture visually, but I think the brilliant part of it is actually spatial.

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.