The problem with architecture is it goes with the territory, because it's an applied art and because you're messing about with people and their environment.

If we are to believe or accept that buildings are cultural markers, if architects work in a vacuum with their own preconceptions about society, then we won't be creating appropriate cultural markers.

It's really important that we not replicate what came before us, but we do something of our own, that's reflective of our own time, of contemporary society.

Any artist will tell you that when they get negative criticism of their work, it's personally hurtful to them.

We have to respond to budget concerns, we have to respond to functional and programmatic concerns of the building, and we have to respond to public engagement. That's what you sign up for when you decide to become an architect.

The problem with architecture is it goes with the territory, because it's an applied art and because you're messing about with people and their environment.

Public commentary absolutely influences my work.