Some people really live and work within the same doctrine, the same diagram with the same logic.

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.

I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.

Some people really live and work within the same doctrine, the same diagram with the same logic.

I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper.

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.

I find industrial cities exciting. I like their toughness.