I find industrial cities exciting. I like their toughness.

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

Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society.

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.

My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.

The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal.

If I'm in london it can be different than if I'm somewhere else.