It's not my duty as an architect to look at it.

You have to be very focused and work very hard, but it is not about working hard without knowing what your aim is!

Women are always told, 'You're not going to make it, its too difficult, you can't do that, don't enter this competition, you'll never win it,' - they need confidence in themselves and people around them to help them to get on.

Know what it is that you are trying to find out.

There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.

In terms of form, all the projects interest me equally, although there are obviously large differences according to the scale and process of each project.

People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.