When you build a beautiful building, people love it. And the most sustainable building in the world is the one that’s loved.

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.

Design is about creating spaces for people to enjoy and of course, creating moments where you elevate the spirit, but 'design for good' is figuring out a program that not only creates better spaces, but creates jobs, creates new industry and really kind of raises the conversation about how we rebuild.

A true architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist. They take a diverse number of stakeholders, extract needs, concerns, and dreams, then create a beautiful yet tangible solution that is loved by the users and the community at large. We create vessels in which life happens.

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

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