I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.'

I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.

I'm trying to discover - invent, I suppose - an architecture, and forms of urban planning, that do something of the same thing in a contemporary way. I started out trying to create buildings that would sparkle like isolated jewels; now I want them to connect, to form a new kind of landscape, to flow together with contemporary cities and the lives of their peoples.

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.

I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.

People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.

One has to strive for a very open liberal society.