In a way, the sense of quality has improved, the status symbol of the small things is gone, and it is acceptable to use stainless steel, even if the neighbour uses silver.

You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work. And that is a little sad, one often feels strangely restricted, not finding time to simmer, although one actually has many interests.

Clearly, if a building is not functionally and technically in order, then it isn't architecture either, it's just a building.

The primary factor is proportions.

If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.

But I think that parents who criticise their children too much are in fact better than parents who praise their children too much.

Now, the downside to conservation is that so much is done for the public, which almost always mars the environment that one wanted to conserve.