A brilliant design will always benefit from the input of others.
Indeed, our designs become more ambitious as we see the new possibilities created by the technology of other industries.
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.
As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings - I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality.
I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality.
People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.
The current state of architecture and design requires extensive collaboration and an investigative attitude and we continue to research and develop new technologies.
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.
It would be very interesting to design objects for everyday life, something where the ideas that are expressed can be launched into society.
There is a strong reciprocal relationship whereby our more ambitious design visions encourage the continuing development of the new digital technologies and fabrication techniques, and those new developments in turn inspire us to push the design envelope ever further.
