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

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

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

“Suburban sprawl leads to social atomisation and fragmentation and is environmentally disastrous, as carbon-intensive car journeys displace local shops and replace public transport.”

“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.”

“Architects design buildings; that's what we do, so we have to go with the flow; and, even though I'm still an old Leftie, global capitalism does have its good side. It's broken down barriers - the Berlin Wall, the Soviet Union - it's raised a lot of people up economically, and for architects, it has meant that we can work around the world.”

“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 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.”

“Architecture is a living thing. If I want to leave something to the future, it has to be able to change - but retain something of the ethos that we built up over 50 years.”

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

“Architecture is always political.”