Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower.

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

Architecture is about public space held by buildings.

I'm just saying that there are high quality materials, and when we change them then there should be a way of changing them so that you can celebrate that change - rather than just 'mix it up'.

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

This is a pivotal time for urban regeneration. We must take a long term view.

Today is much more an age of greed