I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.

Awesome is loud but awe is quiet.

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 was never a hugely successful theatre designer. I painted a lot of scenery and did the lighting, and my lighting business grew out of that.

Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800.

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.

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