My Father Was A Politician, And A

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.

My Work First Engaged With The Early Russian Avant-garde; The Paintings Of Moholy-nagy, El Lissitzky's 'prouns' And Naum Gabo's Sculptures, But In Particular With The Work Of Kasimir Malevitch - He Was An Early Influence For Me As A Representative Of The Modern Avant-garde Intersection Between Art And Design.

I Loved London. In The 1970s... It Was Very Exciting, Really Wild.

I Will Always Have Two Regrets. I Don't Have A Presence In London, And I Would Have Liked To Have Done More Work In The Middle East.

Life In The Middle East Is Quite Different From Other Places.