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 need confidence in themselves and people around them to help them to get on. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Confidence , Help , Win
I used to not like being called a 'woman architect': I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, 'You are okay for a girl.' But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don't mind that at all. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Girl , Head , Woman
All the privileged can travel, see different worlds; not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Nearby , Privileged , Worlds
Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Building , Effort , Wish
For many years, I hated nature. As a student, I refused to put a plant anywhere – a living plant, that is. Dead plants were OK. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Living , Plant , Plants
I'm into fashion because it contains the mood of the day, of the moment – like music, literature, and art. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Art , Fashion , Moment
Like men, women have to be diligent and work hard. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Diligent , Women , Work
Architecture is particularly difficult for women; there's no reason for it to be. I don't want to blame men or society, but I think it was for a long time, the clients were men, the building industry is all male. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Society , Time , Women
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. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Example , Good , Nice
I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Skyscraper , Sure , Woman
Education, housing and hospitals are the most important things for society. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Hospitals , Housing , Society
Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Educated , Good , Taught
People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Becomes , Building , Icon
I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Ambitious , Proud , Reality
If I wanted to do clothes or if I wanted to make a building or design a choreography, you are able to do that – they are all under a similar kind of design umbrella. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Building , Clothes , Umbrella
My buildings are not particularly expensive. It is not a tin shed. If you want a tinny car, you pay for that. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Buildings , Expensive , Pay
I'm into fashion because it contains the mood of the day, of the moment – like music, literature, and art. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Fashion , Moment , Music
I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email City , Love , Miami
I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic – you do the architecture, someone else does the interiors, someone else does the furniture, the fabric, etc. But I think design is all-encompassing. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Design , Equal , Furniture
Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough. FacebookTwitterGoogle plusX Reddit Linkedin Stumbleupon Email Difficult , Tough