Treat the world like a failed state, then you can understand the players needed to fix it.

An architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist.

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

When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.

Treat the world like a failed state, then you can understand the players needed to fix it.

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.

We often discuss housing refugees, but not how you help return refugees back to their home countries. As a result, in a post-disaster or post-conflict situation, we end up with intractable refugee camps that end up staying for decades.