Journalists seem mostly interested in what brand of shoes I wear.

In Lagos there's a really strong case to resurrect strong parts. Embedded in all of it are some amazing pieces of planning, amazing pieces of engineering and interaction. For instance, the campus of Lagos University is stunningly beautiful, efficient and generous, and that needs to be recognised and preserved.

What is now called "green architecture" is an opportunistic caricature of a much deeper consideration of the issues related to sustainability that architecture has been engaged with for many years. It was one of the first professions that was deeply concerned with these issues and that had an intellectual response to them.

Criticism per se does not worry me. I've always solicited it as part of the design process.

That has been another interesting discovery: that basically a city [Lagos] could recover from a really deep, deep, deep pit.

In the end, there will be little else for us to do but shop.

The City is an addictive machine from which there is no escape