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I don't usually go in for reviews of buildings that aren't yet built, since you can tell only so much from drawings and plans, and, besides, has there ever been a building that didn't look great as a model?

Every day, I think of designs, but I don't write them down, and I forget. If only I had an office.

My first buildings, when I was about 30, were rejected for aesthetic reasons.

Some architects, such as John Lautner, never really did anything other than houses. His entire portfolio is basically residential. There's nothing wrong with that.

You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.

When drawings of the main buildings I have designed in the last five years are juxtaposed, the fact that they all involve the pursuit of certain configurations is obvious to anyone.

I am extremely involved in the design process of both my brands, Winter Kate and House of Harlow 1960.

In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.

Building design isn't trendy.