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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
Building design isn't trendy.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What happened in 2008 stopped people in their tracks. People stopped looking at their homes simply as commodities to exploit and starting thinking about how they might personalise that space and make them less bland and more autobiographical, and that's healthy, I think.
- Impact
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are borrowing money from future generations. We are borrowing the carbon impact, the resource impact from future generations to get stuff cheap now. We have swept the dirt and dust from our society under the carpet - but this carpet is on other side of the planet.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life involves other people and it is a compromise.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a big fan of long drop, composting toilets - I like the cycle of using waste. When you have experienced one and seen what comes out of the bottom, it is amazing stuff. It's the most beautiful, driest, sweet-smelling compost.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
People have got to get over the fear of not being able to trust others. I come across people who are very successful in their own sphere, and really believe they can do it all themselves, but they can't.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got lots of friends who are musicians, and there is a fair proportion of broken marriages and relationships as a result. You are on the move all the time. It's difficult if you have kids, and it's hard to make money unless you are in the premier league.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Building a house from scratch in the middle of a field is a bit like building a prototype car. As with all prototypes, if you're building a car you usually have the luxury of producing several prototypes before you arrive at the production line version - so the opportunity for changing things is quite rich.
- Democratic Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
You cannot use the democratic process for the procurement of excellence.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not too fond of really cool design. I've got quite kitsch taste really, in things like tableware. I'm quite a sucker for 1930s pressed glass.
- Dickens
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm terrified of being poor, I always have been. It's growing up as a Methodist. I'll spend that bit of extra money to get a better seat on a train sometimes, because it's quieter and calmer, but I refuse to spend money on clothes.
- Frightening
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spend a frightening amount of money on books.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate negativity. I hate people who say the phrase 'I hate'. I really don't like the word 'hate.' Dislike, frightened of, terrified of, or yukky - but not 'hate.'
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good.
- Luxury
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every decently-made object, from a house to a lamp post to a bridge, spoon or egg cup, is not just a piece of 'stuff' but a physical embodiment of human energy, testimony to the magical ability of our species to take raw materials and turn them into things of use, value and beauty.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.
- Damages
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I welcomed people into my lovely home every week in the pages of a magazine, they'd soon see how incredibly dull it is. It's important to maintain a bit of mystique.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more of your private life you put into the public domain, the smaller your private life becomes.
- Camera
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm quite shy. Television presents an amplified version of yourself. When I'm on camera I'm pumping more adrenaline, I'm being a bit more engaging than I am in everyday conversation, but that's normal, isn't it? Otherwise nobody would want to watch.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
A friend of mine once wrote a silly article about all these metrosexuals like David Beckham wearing sarongs, and she described me as a 'heteropolitan.' I don't know what that means. I think it was a joke.
- Issues
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm driven by issues, not driven to be political.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a recurring nightmare that I wake up in a gutter with nothing. I've had it all my life. That's why I work, I think.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events badly remembered?
- Anyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father, an engineer, was the gentlest man I knew.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know whether other asthma sufferers find this, but I've noticed that even when I've got my asthma under control, I often develop another problem such as an ear, chest or sinus infection and sometimes even joint pains.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had my fair share of colds, which last longer than they should and can cause wheezing, so I avoid people who are sneezing like the plague and am scrupulous about hygiene and hand-washing.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.
- Land
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- Nov 07, 2020
Self-builders are the adrenalin junkies of the DIY world; it's the equivalent of base-jumping off the top of the Gherkin to land in a paddling pool.
- Lifestyle
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- Nov 07, 2020
Living an environmentally responsible lifestyle can seem like a Scrooge-like list of don'ts. Don't take that flight, don't buy that car, don't eat those blueberries flown in from somewhere far-flung.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
One mustn't mistake bling for excellence, just as one mustn't mistake quiet for mediocre.
- Busted
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing you can do about busted ribs. You just have to wait for them to pop back into place again.
- Expend
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- Nov 07, 2020