Any government is potentially the worst client in the world you could ever possibly want to have.

I am finally getting the chance to build large structures and break preconceptions that my designs are just sculptures for people to be in. But my work always comes down to the human scale.

I'm wary of the word 'inventing,' because in the British psyche the word 'inventor' is immediately linked with 'mad'. For me, inventing is problem-solving.

To make architecture with any real value is a massive challenge.

One great building does not make a great city.

I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses.