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

There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?

What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.

The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.

They all come out from the same thing; all the projects are connected somehow.

I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it.

Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless