In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.

From my first days studying architecture at the architectural association, I have always been interested in the concept of fragmentation and with ideas of abstraction and explosion, where we were de-constructing ideas of repetitiveness and mass production.

Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.

Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space ... On the one hand it's about shelter, but it's also about pleasure.

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

Different projects give you satisfaction in different ways.

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