This book document Hijjas Kasturi's private thoughts on issues of architecture and nation building. In his conversations with the authors he outlines a vision of Malaysia being an important entity of multicultural heritage that can spur the ideas of architectural creativity framed within the precepts of modern technology as well as the ideals of sustainable living. Hijjas's more than half a century of architectural practice presents a unique perspective of the historical development of the country from aspects of social, politics, economics and technological growth over the passage of time.