Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.

I'm not too fond of really cool design. I've got quite kitsch taste really, in things like tableware. I'm quite a sucker for 1930s pressed glass.

The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism.

Building design isn't trendy.

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.

Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.