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

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.

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

I was brought up to reuse things.

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.

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.