The world is looking more and more segmented, the difference between people is becoming greater.

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

I find industrial cities exciting. I like their toughness.

Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless

I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.'

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

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