I think the general public's response to my projects is very strong. You can be an intellectual and say that popularity detracts from architectural quality. On the other hand, you can see in the public's identification something very positive.

Urban design as a discipline barely exists in most American and Canadian cities. In Singapore, there are innovative transportation strategies at work.

We are producing urban places which are disjointed and disconnected and not worthy of our civilisation

Architecture should be rooted in the past, and yet be part of our own time and forward looking.

There is a profound ethic to architecture which is different from the other arts.

Architecture is not about building the impossible, which we can do if we have enough money and enough tools and enough computers. It is about building what is appropriate and about attaining beauty through such an approach. I describe this premise as 'inherent buildability', and I believe it is central to what I do.

Architecture has joined the world of fashion, but fashion is passing and architecture is timeless.