The conservative values that are emerging, it may not effect architecture immediately but it will effect society and that's what worries me.

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

Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.

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

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

In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.

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