The beauty of the landscape - where sand, water, reeds, birds, buildings, and people all somehow flowed together - has never left me..

I used to not like being called a 'woman architect.' I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. The guys used to tap me on the head and say 'you'r….

Women are always told, 'You're not going to make it, its too difficult, you can't do that, don't enter this competition, you'll never win it,' - they….

Too many are too obsessed by method. it becomes a dogma..

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 abou….

A brilliant design will always benefit from the input of others..

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….

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

I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions..

You really have to have a goal. The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal. Know what it is you want to find out..

You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices..

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

I really believe in the idea of the future..

Different projects give you satisfaction in different ways..

I am eccentric, I admit it, but I am not a nutcase..

Indeed, our designs become more ambitious as we see the new possibilities created by the technology of other industries..

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 ….

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

You have to be very focused and work very hard, but it is not about working hard without knowing what your aim is!.

Know what it is that you are trying to find out..

I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make y….