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.

It's not my duty as an architect to look at it.

If I'm in london it can be different than if I'm somewhere else.

One has to strive for a very open liberal society.

I like music. Country, hip-hop, R&B, sometimes classical.

The current state of architecture and design requires extensive collaboration and an investigative attitude and we continue to research and develop new technologies.

Of course there is a lot of fluidity now between art, architecture and fashion - a lot more cross-pollination in the disciplines, but this isn't about competition, it's about collaboration and what these practices and processes can contribute to one another.