The idea for a building or an object can come up just as quick, but there is a big difference in process.

Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places.

People often ask me if I consider myself to be an architect, fashion designer, or artist. I'm an architect. The paintings I've done are very important to me, but they were part of a process of thinking and developing.

Architecture is particularly difficult for women; there's no reason for it to be. I don't want to blame men or society, but I think it was for a long time, the clients were men, the building industry is all male.

Yes, I'm a feminist, because I see all women as smart, gifted and tough.

A brilliant design will always benefit from the input of others.

You don't always have to show art in what's called a white box; you can have a kind of complexity within an exhibit which actually respects the art as well.