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

Women are always told, 'You're not going to make it, its too difficult, you can't do that, don't enter this competition, you'll never win it,' - they need confidence in themselves and people around them to help them to get on.

What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.

For many years, I hated nature. As a student, I refused to put a plant anywhere - a living plant, that is. Dead plants were OK.

Half of architecture students are women, and you see respected, established female architects all the time.

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

The current state of architecture and design requires extensive collaboration and an investigative attitude and we continue to research and develop new technologies.