Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.

Look, we're all saddled with things that make us better or worse. This world is a crazy place, and I've chosen to make my work about that insanity.

Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in.

I think architecture is one of the predominant orderings of social space. It can construct and contain our experiences. It defines our days and nights. It literally puts us in our place.

Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space and getting messages across that connect to the world in ways that seem familiar but are different.

If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.

Teaching at university isn't like teaching in an art school.