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.

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

Ego gets you inches but it doesn't get you impact.

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.

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.

A career is a job you love, right? That's what a career should be. If you're in a job that you hate, you should quit. That's the way I look at it. I'm in a job that I love so I'm going to make it my career.

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