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I'm very interested in architecture.

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

Getting into the residential investment business entails lots of renovation work.

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.

Because I live in the countryside, I want a building which encourages me to have a fully formed relationship with the environment. It gives me an opportunity to not just be inside or outside, but in a range of contexts.

My office has a view of low-cost housing, old East German prefabricated apartment buildings. It isn't an attractive view, but it's very helpful, because it reminds me to ask myself, whenever there is a decision to be made, whether the people who live there can afford our decisions.

My properties are very good income-producing buildings, so I will have a very good stream of profit even if I can't sell.

I'm not mainly interested in what buildings mean as symbols or vehicles for ideas.

There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple.

I live in a beautiful vintage building that was built in the heart of downtown Chicago.