Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in order to be able to greenwash their products and feel good.

I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.

Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good.

I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve.

I have a recurring nightmare that I wake up in a gutter with nothing. I've had it all my life. That's why I work, I think.

My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.

Building design isn't trendy.