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I got into this little habit of architecture and building. I designed a house in Colorado and one in Hawaii. The idea is supposed to be build and sell - but then I can never bring myself to sell them.

I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses.

I grew up in a few houses because my dad was a builder, so we used to build and sell quite a lot.

Architects design houses. I live in a home.

I am an architect at heart. I designed every home I've ever had, plus my studio.

The bottom line may be that my inventing buildings is, indeed, a very private kind of activity. But it's done to be shared. It is comforting and consoling. From the reactions I get I can see I'm not doing something strange.

My dad designed houses and was an architect for many years.

My family and I live in a wing of a Georgian mansion in East Sussex, which was built in the 1780s and fell into disrepair. It was rescued in the Seventies and carved into six terrace houses.