Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?

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

It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history.

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

There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?

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.

I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it.