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" Clearly, private developers can have different aims, and architects can only play a certain role. You can have some pretty big battles on public commissions, too. The key is to have a good client. "

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" There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close. "

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" 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'. "

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

" I think you could make a completely Virtual Centre, though I have a general feeling, and maybe because I am getting very old, that you still need face to face. "

" 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. "

" I think we did a pretty good role, linking, being a sounding board really and a driving force, especially from the bottom up. I think that part of this is bottom up as well as top down. "

" The one advantage of being dyslexic is that you are never tempted to look back and idealise your childhood. "

" Architecture is always political. "

" If you live in a squalid environment, then of course you are going to want to get out of it, you are probably going to want to get into the country, because that's what it does. "

" A greater focus on design in all new homes would make the best use of land, create homes and public spaces, and reinforce the structures of urban life. "

" You have to modernise; you have to change - you can't just be traditional for the fun of being traditional. "

" There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges facing our cities or to the housing crisis, but the two issues need to be considered together. From an urban design and planning point of view, the well-connected open city is a powerful paradigm and an engine for integration and inclusivity. "

" I am much more passionate about cities than I am about nations. The competition between cities is more civilised than between nations. There is an understanding there. "

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" I believe very strongly, and have fought since many years ago - at least over 30 years ago - to get architecture not just within schools, but architecture talked about under history, geography, science, technology, art. "

" Everyone has the right to walk from one end of the city to the other in secure and beautiful spaces. Everybody has the right to go by public transport. Everybody has the right to an unhampered view down their street, not full of railings, signs and rubbish. "

" I like the idea of trying to influence society by taking a brief, then maybe subtly changing it or looking at it in a new way to see what interesting things can emerge. "

" I don't understand why everyone has to wear black, grey and white. "

" I love my job. What would I retire to? "

" Cities are about juxtaposition. "

" If you had a carbon tax, you'd have less cars and more bicycles, more people getting around on foot and by public transport. "

" Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times. "

" The gap between the rich and poor is widening fast. "

" Society has to get a grip and put a tax on carbon. Of course, there is much that flows from that, and it is a complex situation. The small details of something such as climate change are political and social, and they are a lot about fairness and how we rebalance towards a fairer society. "

" It is quite interesting that whilst there are tremendous theories, in the 1960s when IT was born, everybody was supposedly going to their cottage in the countryside to work in a virtual way. "

" One of the things you see in New York is that offices keep their lights on at night. They're proud of their building. Great. But they must find another way to be proud without draining energy. "

" Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know. "

" You know, the environment is fragmenting, and the environment is, in many places, absolutely hideous! "

" I remember my mother taking me to see the Picasso show in the 1940s, and I was impressed by the life and vibrancy of it all. It was a bit too avant-garde for most Londoners at the time, but since then, the city has become a centre for modern culture. "

" I love cities, I spend most of my life talking about cities. And the design of cities does have an effect on your life. You're lucky if you can see trees out of your window and you have a square nearby, or a bar, a cornershop, a surgery. Then you're living well. "