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

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 think when you look at architectural photography it doesn't help to have piles of old clothes lying on the floor. Architectural photography sets up an artifice.

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

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.

To me, the nicest luxury would be to have a room where I could keep all my books in one place - and have space for more.

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