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I'm wary of the word 'inventing,' because in the British psyche the word 'inventor' is immediately linked with 'mad'. For me, inventing is problem-solving.

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Clearly I've got an ego.

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At the root of everything I do is a fascination with ideas - what ideas are for, what jobs they do.

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I studied at a time when buildings were sterile things, and their creators were hands-off people - super-intelligent people, but you felt they didn't love the stuff buildings are made from.

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I don't feel I'm trying to make art. I'm trying to make interesting things. People can relate to that.

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I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses.

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To make architecture with any real value is a massive challenge.

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One great building does not make a great city.

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When I heard of the 'garden bridge' idea, it seemed so clear and powerful, the notion of using nature to scale down an enormous piece of potentially wind-swept exposed link. That's what struck me - not treating the bridge just as a link, but as a place.

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I've always been interested in projects that work at multiple levels.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Designer

Born: February 17th, 1970

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