“When we're dealing with historic buildings, we don't replicate, but we try to be subordinate and be deferential to them.” TryingBuildingHistoricSubordinatesReplicate Author:Peter Clewes
“I'm a passionate person, and I care deeply about the work I do. It's very, very important to me that it's well received.” WellsPersonsImportantCarePassionateI Care Author:Peter Clewes
“If we are to believe or accept that buildings are cultural markers, if architects work in a vacuum with their own preconceptions about society, then we won't be creating appropriate cultural markers.” IfsBelieveAcceptingBuildingCreatingAppropriateArchitectVacuumsPreconceptionsMarkers Author:Peter Clewes
“Yesterday is always better than today and the fear of tomorrow. I don't think there's anything absolutely wrong with that, it's just the way we are. So when people are presented with something new, there is a very visceral reaction.” PeopleThinkingWayTodayTomorrowYesterdayReactionsSomething NewVisceral Author:Peter Clewes
“Any artist will tell you that when they get negative criticism of their work, it's personally hurtful to them.” ArtistNegativeCriticismWorking ItHurtfulNegative Criticism Author:Peter Clewes
“The problem with architecture is it goes with the territory, because it's an applied art and because you're messing about with people and their environment.” PeopleArtProblemEnvironmentArchitectureTerritoryApplied Arts Author:Peter Clewes
“We have to respond to budget concerns, we have to respond to functional and programmatic concerns of the building, and we have to respond to public engagement. That's what you sign up for when you decide to become an architect.” BuildingConcernBudgetsEngagementArchitect Author:Peter Clewes
“It's really important that we not replicate what came before us, but we do something of our own, that's reflective of our own time, of contemporary society.” ImportantContemporaryReplicateContemporary Society Author:Peter Clewes
