People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.
A brilliant design will always benefit from the input of others.
Too many are too obsessed by method. it becomes a dogma.
The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal.
I miss aspects of being in the Arab world - the language - and there is a tranquility in these cities with great rivers. Whether it's Cairo or Baghdad, you sit there and you think, 'This river has flown here for thousands of years.' There are magical moments in these places.
Education, housing and hospitals are the most important things for society.