I don't like the masculine style, jeans. I like issey miyake... and black dresses.

As a woman you're not accessible to every world.

I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality.

All the privileged can travel, see different worlds, not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.

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.

You don't always have to show art in what's called a white box; you can have a kind of complexity within an exhibit which actually respects the art as well.

It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history.