Upon receiving a diploma from London’s Architectural Association, he cut his teeth working in the UK office of Grimshaw. After working for a range of London practices, he moved to Tokyo and co-founded BAKOKO Design Development in 2009. As a commentator – particularly on the relationship between real estate economics and design – he has been interviewed by media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The BBC, CNN, NHK, and NPR. In 2014 he was an invited lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.