I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic - you do the architecture, someone else does the interiors, someone else does the furniture, the fabric, etc. But I think design is all-encompassing.

Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.

I don't particularly like showing furniture on pedestals, but for whatever reasons you always have to in museums.

I don't use the computer. I do sketches, very quickly, often more than 100 on the same formal research.

There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.

I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.

I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper.