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I miss aspects of being in the Arab world - the language - and there is a tranquility in these cities with great rivers. Whether it's Cairo or Baghdad, you sit there and you think, 'This river has flown here for thousands of years.' There are magical moments in these places.

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I'm a pushover. I make allowances for people if I like them.

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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.

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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.

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What's nice about concrete is that it looks unfinished.

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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.

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I really believe in the idea of the future.

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I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces are so animated. When they lie still, they are one thing, but once you stand them up or wear them, they become something else.

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

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Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Architect

Born: October 31st, 1950

Died: March 31st, 2016

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