Architecture is measured against the past, you build in the present, and try to imagine the future.

As an artist, what do you think the biggest mistake you can make is? My vote for the biggest mistake is being afraid of making mistakes.

The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.

Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times.

My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people.

Dyslexia, though, made me realise that people who say "but you can't do that" aren't actually very important. I don't take "no" too seriously.

Technology cannot be an end in itself but must aim at solving long term social and ecological problems.