The commission process in America and England is different. In America, they do it through an interview process, and it's really based on whether they like you or not. I mean, it's nothing to do with whether you do the best scheme or the worst scheme.

Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.

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

The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal.

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

From my first days studying architecture at the architectural association, I have always been interested in the concept of fragmentation and with ideas of abstraction and explosion, where we were de-constructing ideas of repetitiveness and mass production.

If I'm in london it can be different than if I'm somewhere else.