When you as a designer design something that burdens a community with maintenance and old world technology, basically failed developed world technology then you will crush that community way beyond bad design; you'll destroy the economics of that community and often the community socially is broken.

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

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.

After two decades of reconstruction work, I want to work on projects that lay at the intersection of cultural diplomacy and national identity - ones that empower local communities to define progress, not have it sanctioned by others.

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.

An architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist.