Joseph Bazalgette created a sewer system which he originally sized for London's needs of the time - he then doubled it to anticipate the future beyond. These are the qualities that I admire.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
I have admired David Bromley's work for years. He possesses such a wild and vivid imagination and really sees the beauty in everything.
Somebody who can reckon with the past, who can live with the past in the present, and move towards the future - that's fabulous.
You've got to admire Sir Richard Branson. He is a completely different style of businessman to me, but you have got to admire what he has achieved.
I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.
Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.
My architectural drive was to design new types of buildings to help poor people, especially following natural disasters and catastrophes... I will use whatever time is left to me to keep doing what I have been doing, which is to help humanity.
Rudy Giuliani did some phenomenal things in the city if you think of the transformation of the city and the quality of life.
I think Bloomberg's broad vision of the environment in New York City is something I agree with. I broadly stand with his vision for how to deal with climate change and prepare for future weather events.
Nineteenth-century English literature I know; 19th-century sewage systems, not so much.