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

The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.

There is a strong reciprocal relationship whereby our more ambitious design visions encourage the continuing development of the new digital technologies and fabrication techniques, and those new developments in turn inspire us to push the design envelope ever further.

You really have to have a goal. The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal. Know what it is you want to find out.

I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.

Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places.

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.