When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared. If you're a pioneer and you come up with something that can change the world and you turn round and say 'I'm not going to share this idea with anyone' then you only impact the few and not the many.

Families want their child to get an education; families want safe access to healthcare; families want a roof over their head. When we silo issues, we end up with solutions that are in conflict with each other.

Forget your environmental footprint. Think about your ethical footprint. What good is it to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex, when the labor producing this architectural gem is unethical at best?

For me, I think the most exciting thing in architecture is the re-emergence of the locally-focused architect.

An architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist.

I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.

The Internet has created an incredible democratization of the architecture industry.