The Russian has always been full of interests besides tennis and one thing that has always sparked her interest was architecture and different types of it. As a tennis player, Sharapova was able to travel the world extensively seeing many different places and cultures. Speaking on that she said:
"One of the things I enjoyed during traveling was architecture. It started with my love for Frank Gehry, who is an incredible, incredible architect to this day and is designing some of the most forward-thinking and interesting buildings and homes."
She further said:
"My goal as a young girl was to find a Frank Gehry-designed building. Because they were so distinct and obvious in look and feel, whenever I would go to Prague or Australia, my mission was to find one and photograph it for my mom."
While Sharapova never studied architecture in depth she did have a hands-on approach when it came to shaping the look of her home. Sharapova had a very special idea about her house and she worked closely with the architecture building it the way she wanted.