Diller recounts her journey from studying art and experimental film at Cooper Union to embracing architecture as a cultural discipline. Her early work, like the unbuilt Slow House, explored mediated experience and the perception of space. She details the creation of the Blur Building, an 'architecture of atmosphere' that challenged traditional visual focus. The conversation highlights the development of The Shed, a flexible cultural venue with a movable shell, and the High Line's role in reshaping urban perception and development. Diller also discusses her firm's expansion of MoMA, emphasizing collaboration and the complexity of working within established institutions. Throughout, she reflects on New York City as a constant source of inspiration and challenge, describing its unfinished state as both terrifying and fascinating.