I Don't Think That Everybody In The

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.'

When I First Came To Guangzhou In 1981, It Seemed Such A Hard And Dour Place With Everyone In Chairman Mao Uniforms.

The Conservative Values That Are Emerging, It May Not Effect Architecture Immediately But It Will Effect Society And That's What Worries Me.

When You Are Overworked And Exhausted, There Is A Sense Of Kind Of Delirium And That's Why I Think Architects Do All-nighters And They Kind Of Do Those Deadlines. For Four Days I Remember Doing Four Nights In One Row With No Sleep. I Mean Nobody, Unless You Are Crazy, Would Do That, But You Are Totally Focused On The Project.

I Don't Think That Architecture Is Only About Shelter, Is Only About A Very Simple Enclosure. It Should Be Able To Excite You, To Calm You, To Make You Think.