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

I've always been interested in combining architecture with a social agenda, and I really think you can invest and be inventive with hospitals and housing.

I made a decision when I was in school that I'd have a lot of male friends.

I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality.

I don't think that everybody in the planet should have a child. I've never had the desire I should have a kid.

I don't use the computer. I do sketches, very quickly, often more than 100 on the same formal research.

Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.