You have to be very focused and work very hard, but it is not about working hard without knowing what your aim is!

There is a strong reciprocal relationship whereby our more ambitious design visions encourage the continuing development of the new digital technologies and fabrication techniques, and those new developments in turn inspire us to push the design envelope ever further.

Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space ... On the one hand it's about shelter, but it's also about pleasure.

The idea for a building or an object can come up just as quick, but there is a big difference in process.

For many years, I hated nature. As a student, I refused to put a plant anywhere - a living plant, that is. Dead plants were OK.

The current state of architecture and design requires extensive collaboration and an investigative attitude and we continue to research and develop new technologies.

Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?